SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2Absent voting in PCC elections

PART 3Issue and receipt of ballot papers

Issue of postal ballot papers etc

Form of postal voting statementF1...30

1

This paragraph specifies the form of the postal voting statement which is to be used for the purposes of rule 25 of the PCC elections rules.

2

Form 2 or a form to like effect is to be used at a PCC election taken alone.

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4

F3Where—

a

the proceedings at a PCC election and another election or referendum are taken together, and

b

the proceedings on the issue and receipt of postal ballot papers at both elections are taken together,

the form of the postal voting statement which is to be used is the form of that statement which is required to be used at that other election or referendum F4, with the addition of the F5... voting instructions for PCC elections.

5

Form 4 or a form to like effect is to be used where—

a

the proceedings at a PCC election and another election or referendum are taken together, but

b

the proceedings the proceedings on the issue and receipt of postal ballot papers are not taken together.

6

In this paragraph—

a

references to a numbered form are to the form of that number which is set out in Part 4 of this Schedule;

F6b

“the voting instructions for PCC elections” are—

“Vote for only one candidate by putting a cross [X] in the box next to your choice.”