The Neighbourhood Planning (Referendums) Regulations 2012

Tendered ballot papers: circumstances where available

30.—(1) If a person, representing themselves to be—

(a) a particular voter named on the register and not named in the absent voters list; or

(b) a particular person named in the list of proxies as proxy for a voter and not entitled to vote by post as proxy,

applies for a ballot paper after another person has voted in person either as the voter or the voter’s proxy, the applicant is, on satisfactorily answering the questions permitted by law to be asked at the poll, entitled, subject to the provisions of rule 31, to mark a ballot paper (in these Rules referred to as “a tendered ballot paper”) in the same manner as any other voter or proxy.

(2) Paragraph (4) applies if—

(a) a person applies for a ballot paper representing themselves to be a particular voter named on the register;

(b) that person is also named in the postal voters list; and

(c) that person claims that that person did not make an application to vote by post at the referendum.

(3) Paragraph (4) also applies if—

(a) a person applies for a ballot paper representing themselves to be a particular person named as a proxy in the list of proxies;

(b) that person is also named in the proxy postal voters list; and

(c) that person claims that the person did not make an application to vote by post as proxy.

(4) The person is, on satisfactorily answering the questions permitted by law to be asked at the poll, entitled, subject to the provisions of rule 31, to mark a ballot paper (in these Rules referred to as a “tendered ballot paper”) in the same manner as any other voter or proxy.

(5) Paragraph (6) applies if, before the close of the poll but after the last time at which a person may apply for a replacement postal ballot paper, a person represents themselves to be—

(a) a particular voter named on the register who is also named in the postal voters list; or

(b) a particular person named as a proxy in the list of proxies and who is also named in the proxy postal voters list,

and claims that the person has lost or has not received their postal ballot paper.

(6) The person is, on satisfactorily answering the questions permitted by law to be asked at the poll, entitled, subject to the provisions of rule 31, to mark a ballot paper (in these Rules referred to as a “tendered ballot paper”) in the same manner as any other voter or proxy.