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<Title><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/22" id="c00001" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="2006" Number="0022">Electoral Administration Act 2006</Citation></Title>
<Number>22</Number>
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<DateText>11 July 2006</DateText>
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<Title><CitationSubRef id="c00463" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/22/section/45" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="section-45">Section 45</CitationSubRef> Marked postal voters list</Title>
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<Text>This section inserts new rule 31A.  When a postal voter has returned a postal vote or a postal proxy vote, the returning officer must mark the relevant list.  It also enables regulations to be made prescribing the circumstances in which that mark should be made.  It also makes consequential amendments to rule 55.</Text>
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