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The National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 2007

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Spoilt ballot papers
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50.—(1) A voter who has inadvertently dealt with his ballot paper in such manner that it cannot be conveniently used as a ballot paper may, on delivering it to the presiding officer and proving to his satisfaction the fact of the inadvertence, obtain another ballot paper (“the replacement ballot paper”) in the place of the ballot paper so delivered (in these rules referred to as a “spoilt ballot paper”), and the spoilt ballot paper shall be immediately cancelled.

(2) Paragraph (1) shall also apply in a case where a voter is entitled to give two votes at a polling station, but subject to paragraphs (3) and (4).

(3) Subject to paragraph (4), if the voter proves to the satisfaction of the presiding officer that only one ballot paper is spoilt inadvertently—

(a)he shall nevertheless deliver both ballot papers (“the surrendered ballot papers”) to the presiding officer;

(b)the presiding officer shall deliver to the voter two replacement ballot papers; and

(c)the presiding officer shall treat both of the surrendered ballot papers as spoilt ballot papers and shall immediately cancel them.

(4) If a voter proves to the satisfaction of the presiding officer that one ballot paper is spoilt inadvertently and that the other ballot paper (“the used ballot paper”) has been placed in the ballot box—

(a)the voter shall deliver the spoilt ballot paper (“the returned ballot paper”) to the presiding officer;

(b)the presiding officer shall deliver to the voter a replacement ballot paper in place of the returned ballot paper notwithstanding that the number on the replacement ballot paper is not the same as the number on the used ballot paper previously delivered to the voter; and

(c)the presiding officer in addition to cancelling the returned ballot paper shall treat the constituency or, as the case may be, regional ballot paper that has the same number as the replacement ballot paper delivered to the voter as a spoilt ballot paper and shall also immediately cancel it.

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