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| | | (1G) | References in this rule to producing a document are to producing it for |
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| | | (3) | The following shall be inserted after Rule 38(1) (incapacitated voter’s vote to be |
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| | | marked on ballot paper on application)— |
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| | | “(1A) | Paragraphs (1A) to (1G) of Rule 37 shall apply in the case of a voter who |
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| | | applies under paragraph (1) above as they apply in the case of a voter who |
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| | | applies under Rule 37(1), but reading references to delivering a ballot |
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| | | paper to a voter as references to causing a voter’s vote to be marked on a |
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| | | (4) | The following shall be inserted after Rule 39(2) (blind voter to be allowed |
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| | | assistance of companion on application)— |
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| | | “(2A) | Paragraphs (1A) to (1G) of Rule 37 shall apply in the case of a voter who |
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| | | applies under paragraph (1) above as they apply in the case of a voter who |
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| | | applies under Rule 37(1), but reading references to delivering a ballot |
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| | | paper to a voter as references to granting a voter’s application.”. |
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| | | (5) | The following shall be inserted after Rule 40(1) (person entitled to mark tendered |
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| | | ballot paper after another has voted)— |
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| | | “(1A) | Paragraphs (1A) to (1G) of Rule 37 shall apply in the case of a person |
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| | | who seeks to mark a tendered ballot under paragraph (1) above as they |
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| | | apply in the case of a voter who applies for a ballot paper under Rule |
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| | | (1B) | Paragraph (1C) below applies where a presiding officer refuses to deliver |
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| | | a ballot paper to a person under paragraph (1C) of Rule 37 (including that |
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| | | paragraph as applied by Rule 38 or 39 or this Rule). |
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| | | (1C) | The person shall, on satisfactorily answering the questions permitted by |
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| | | law to be asked at the poll, nevertheless be entitled, subject to the |
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| | | following provisions of this Rule, to mark a ballot paper (in these Rules |
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| | | referred to as “a tendered ballot paper”) in the same manner as any other |
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| | | (6) | The following shall be inserted after Rule 40(4)— |
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| | | “(5) | A person who marks a tendered ballot paper under paragraph (1C) above |
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| | | shall sign the paper, unless it was marked after an application was refused |
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| | | (6) | A paper which is required to be signed under paragraph (5) above and is |
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| | | not so signed shall be void.”’. |
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| | | Moratorium on electoral modernisation pilots |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘No electoral modernisation pilot scheme which uses electronic voting and |
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| | | electronic counting systems under section 10 (pilot schemes for local elections in |
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| | | England and Wales) of the 2000 Act shall be commenced for a period of five |
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| | | years beginning on the day on which this Act is passed.’. |
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| | | Review of electoral modernisation piloting |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State shall appoint a Committee to conduct a review of electoral |
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| | | (2) | The Secretary of State shall appoint no fewer than five and no more than ten |
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| | | members of the Committee, who have, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, |
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| | | relevant knowledge and experience. |
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| | | (3) | The Committee shall complete the review and report to the Secretary of State no |
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| | | later than five years after the commencement of this Act. |
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| | | (4) | The Secretary of State shall lay a copy of the report before Parliament as soon as |
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| | | is reasonably practicable.’. |
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| | Clause 8, page 5, line 43, leave out ‘£200’ and insert ‘£5,000, or £1,000 where |
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| | subsection (4A) of section 54A applies,’. |
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| | [Adjourned till Thursday at 9.00 a.m. |
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