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Paragraph 19(1)

Form 4 - Form of corresponding number list (to be used in polling stations for

combined polls)

Voting area/electoral division/electoral area/ward/parish: ........................................

Date of Poll: .........................................

Polling Station: .....................................

Sheet No.: .............................................

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	Ballot Paper Number (identify the	Elector Number
	number issued for the referendum/
	election)

Paragraph 21(1)

Form 5 - guidance for voters to be exhibited inside and outside every polling

station

	1.	When you are given your ballot papers go to one of the compartments.
	2.	A.	At the referendum on the voting system for United Kingdom parliamentary
			elections mark a cross (X) in the box on the right hand side of the [specify
			colour] ballot paper opposite the answer you are voting for.
		[B.	At the local government election(s) mark a cross (X) in the box on the right hand
			side of [the]* [each]* ballot paper opposite the name of [the]* [each]* candidate
			you are voting for. The ballot paper[s]* for the local government election(s) [is]*
			[are]* coloured [specify colour(s)]. [Vote for ONE candidate only.]*[Vote for no
			more than [specify number] candidates.]*]*
		[C.	At the [specify parish council] election mark a cross (X) in the box on the right
			hand side of the [specify colour] ballot paper opposite the name of the
			candidate[s]* for whom you are voting. [Vote for ONE candidate only.]*[Vote
			for no more than [specify number] candidates.]*]*
		[D.	At the [specify] referendum mark a cross (X) in the box on the right hand side of
			the [specify colour] ballot paper opposite the answer you are voting for.]*
		[E.	At the Mayoral election mark a cross (X) in the box on the right hand side of the
			[specify colour] ballot paper opposite the name[s]* of the candidate[s]* you are
			voting for. [Vote for ONE candidate only.]* [Vote ONCE in column one for your
			first choice and vote ONCE in column two for your second choice.]*]*
	3.	Fold each ballot paper in two. Show the presiding officer the number and other unique
		identifying mark on the back of the ballot paper, but do not let anyone see your vote. Put
		each ballot paper in the [appropriate]* ballot box and leave the polling station.
	4.	Vote once only in [each]*[the]* referendum and vote only for the number of candidates
		specified on each ballot paper for an election. Put no other mark on the ballot paper, or
		your vote may not be counted.
	5.	If by mistake you spoil a ballot paper, show it to the presiding officer and ask for another
		one.
	* Complete or omit as necessary.

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Form 6 - Guidance for voters to be exhibited in every polling station compartment

REFERENDUM ON THE VOTING SYSTEM FOR

UNITED KINGDOM PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS

*[specify colour] ballot paper

Mark one box only.

*[specify name of council] COUNCIL ELECTION

*[specify colour] ballot paper

*vote for no more than [specify number] candidates

*vote for ONE candidate only

*[specify name of parish] COUNCIL ELECTION

*[specify colour] ballot paper

*vote for no more than [specify number] candidates

*vote for ONE candidate only

[SPECIFY OTHER] REFERENDUM

*[specify colour] ballot paper

Mark one box only.

*ELECTION OF THE MAYOR OF [specify name of council]

*[specify colour] ballot paper

*vote for ONE candidate only

*vote ONCE for your first choice and ONCE for your second choice

PUT NO OTHER MARKS ON THE BALLOT PAPERS OR YOUR VOTES MAY NOT

BE COUNTED.

* Complete or omit as necessary.

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Paragraph 25(2)

Form 7 - Form of certificate of employment

Referendum on the voting system for United Kingdom parliamentary elections

[insert name of voting area]

I certify that (name) ..................... who is numbered ................... in the register of electors

cannot reasonably be expected to go in person to the polling station allotted to him or her

in the referendum on (date of poll) ..................... by reason of the particular

circumstances of his or her employment on that date for a purpose connected with the

referendum *as a constable / *by me.

*Delete whichever is inappropriate.

Signature .................................................

*Counting officer / police officer (inspector or above)

Date ....................................

Note: The person named above is entitled to vote at any polling station in the voting area

specified above on production and surrender of this certificate to the presiding officer.

Paragraph 31(1)

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Form 8 - Form of declaration to be made by the companion of a voter with

disabilities

I, ................................................................................................... (name of companion)

of .................................................................................................. (address of companion)

having been requested to assist ..................................................... (name of voter)

[in the case of a person with disabilities voting as proxy, add

voting as proxy for ........................................................................ (name of [elector]* [or]*

[voter]*)]

whose name on the register is .................................................. to record their vote at the

[referendum(s)]* [and]* [election(s)*]* being held in this [voting area]* [/local

government area]* [/parish]*

hereby declare that

(a)	[I am entitled to vote as an [elector]* [or]* [voter]* at the said [referendum(s)]*

[and]* [election(s)]*,]*

(b)	[I am the #.................................. of the said voter and have attained the age of 18

years,]* and

(c)	I have not previously assisted any voter with disabilities [except ..........................

(name of other [elector]* [or]* [ voter]*), of .......................... (address of other

[elector]* [or]* [voter]*)] to vote at the said [referendum(s)]* [or]*

[election(s)]*]*.

#State the relationship of the companion to the voter.

*Delete as appropriate.

(Signed) .......................................... (companion)

Date ................................................

I, the undersigned, being the presiding officer for the .............. polling station for ..............

the [insert name of voting area] hereby certify that the above declaration, having been first

read to the above-named declarant, was signed by the declarant in my presence.

(Signed)..........................................

Date ...............................................

Time ........................................ (am/pm)

NOTE: (1) If the person making the above declaration knowingly and wilfully makes

therein a statement false in a material particular, he or she will be guilty of an offence.

(2) A voter with disabilities is a voter who has made a declaration that he or she is so

incapacitated by blindness or other disability, or by an inability to read, as to be unable to

vote without assistance.’.

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The Deputy Prime Minister

NS3

To move the following Schedule:—

‘Combination of p olls: wales

Part 1

Provision about combination

General provisions

Interpretation

1	The polls to be taken together under section [Combination of polls](2) are

referred to in this Schedule as “combined polls”.

2	In this Schedule—

“Assembly election” means—

(i)	an Assembly constituency election, or

(j)	an Assembly regional election;

“Assembly constituency election” means an election for the return of an

Assembly constituency member (within the meaning of section 1 of the

Government of Wales Act 2006);

“Assembly Elections Rules” means the rules set out in Schedule 5 to the

Welsh Assembly Order;

“Assembly regional election” means an election for the return of an

Assembly regional member (within the meaning of section 1 of the

Government of Wales Act 2006);

“constituency returning officer” is to be construed in accordance with

Article 18 of the Welsh Assembly Order;

“counting agent” means a counting agent for the referendum or a counting

agent for an Assembly election (except where one or other is specified);

“regional returning officer” is to be construed in accordance with Article 18

of the Welsh Assembly Order;

“returning officer” means a person who is a constituency returning officer

or a regional returning officer (unless one or the other is specified);

“the Welsh Assembly Order” means the National Assembly for Wales

(Representation of the People) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/236).

Cost of combined polls

3	The cost of taking the combined polls (excluding any cost solely attributable

to the referendum or an Assembly election), and any cost attributable to their

combination, is to be apportioned equally between—

(a)	the referendum, and

(b)	the Assembly elections.

4    (1)

Articles 23 and 24 of the Welsh Assembly Order (payments by and to returning

officer etc) apply—

(a)	as if a reference to a returning officer included a reference to a

counting officer carrying out functions that, but for this Schedule,

would be exercisable by a returning officer (“transferred functions”),

and

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(b)	as if, in relation to that counting officer, a reference to services or

expenses were to services rendered or expenses incurred in respect of

transferred functions.

(2)	An order under article 23(1) of that Order (as it has effect as mentioned above)

may include special provision for services rendered or expenses incurred by a

counting officer in respect of transferred functions.

Publication of statement of persons nominated

5    (1)

The statement of persons nominated at an Assembly election must be

published not later than noon on the 15th day before the date of the poll.

(2)	The timetable set out in rule 1(1) of the Assembly Elections Rules is to be read

with whatever modifications are necessary to give effect to this paragraph.

Forms

6	Forms 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 9 in Part 3 of this Schedule are “relevant forms” for the

purposes of rule 9A of the referendum rules.

Action to be taken before poll

Corresponding number lists

7    (1)

This paragraph applies where proceedings on the issue and receipt of postal

ballot papers are taken together by virtue of paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the

Welsh Assembly Order.

(2)	The function of the constituency returning officer under rule 27 of the

Assembly Elections Rules is to be carried out by the counting officer.

(3)	If the counting officer thinks fit, the lists prepared under the following

provisions may be combined in the form set out in Form 1 in Part 2 of this

Schedule—

(a)	rule 6 of the referendum rules;

(b)	rule 27 of the Assembly Elections Rules.

(4)	In that case, sub-paragraph (3) applies instead of—

(a)	rule 6(2) of the referendum rules;

(b)	rule 27(2) of the Assembly Elections Rules.

8    (1)

This paragraph applies where proceedings on the issue and receipt of postal

ballot papers are not taken together by virtue of paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to

the Welsh Assembly Order.

(2)	The counting officer must prepare a list under sub-paragraph (3) or (4) as the

officer thinks fit.

(3)	A list under this sub-paragraph is a list containing the numbers and other

unique identifying marks of all of the ballot papers to be provided to presiding

officers in pursuance of rule 37(1) of the Assembly Elections Rules.

The list must be in form CM set out in Schedule 10 to the Welsh Assembly

Order.

(4)	A list under this sub-paragraph is a list containing the numbers and other

unique identifying marks of all of the ballot papers to be provided to presiding

officers in pursuance of the following provisions—

(a)	rule 16(1) of the referendum rules;

(b)	rule 37(1) of the Assembly Elections Rules.

The list must be in the form set out in Form 1 in Part 3 of this Schedule.

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