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Paragraph 19(1)

Form 5 - Form of corresponding number list (to be used in polling stations for

combined polls)

Voting area/constituency/region: ........................................

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

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

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

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

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Paragraph 21(1)

Form 6 - 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.	On the [insert colour] referendum ballot paper, mark a cross (X) in the box on the right
		hand side of the ballot paper opposite the answer you are voting for.
	3.	On the ballot papers for the election to the National Assembly for Wales, coloured [insert
		colour or colours], mark your choices with a cross (X) in the box on the right hand side of
		each ballot paper opposite the name of the candidate or party you are voting for. Put only
		one X on each ballot paper.
	4.	Vote once only in referendum and on each ballot paper for the election to the National
		Assembly for Wales. 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.
	6.	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.
	* Complete or omit as necessary.

Paragraph 22(1)

Form 7 - guidance for voters to be exhibited in every polling station compartment

REFERENDUM ON THE VOTING SYSTEM FOR

UNITED  KINGDOM  PARLIAMENTARY  ELECTIONS

Referendum ballot paper ([insert colour] ballot paper)

Votes cast in this poll will decide on the voting system for United Kingdom parliamentary

elections.

•  You have one vote on this paper.

•  You should place a cross (X) in one box only.

ELECTION TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR WALES

Constituency ballot paper ([insert colour] ballot paper)

Votes cast in this poll will decide the election of a member to represent your constituency in

the National Assembly for Wales.

•  You have one vote on this paper.

•  You should place a cross (X) in one box only.

Regional ballot paper ([insert colour] ballot paper)

Votes cast in this poll will decide the allocation of the 4 additional seats in the National

Assembly for Wales for this region. You may use this vote [either]* for a political party

putting forward a list of candidates [or for an individual candidate not standing on a party

list]*.

•  You have one vote on this paper.

•  You should place a cross (X) in one box only.

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

BE COUNTED

* Omit as necessary.

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Form 8 - 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.

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Paragraph 34(1)

Form 9 - 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)]

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

[referendum]* [and]* [National Assembly for Wales elections]* being held in this [voting

area]*/ [constituency]*

hereby declare that

(a)	[I am entitled to vote as an elector at the said [referendum]* [and]* [election]*,]*

(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), of .......................... (address of other elector)], to vote at

the said [referendum]* [or]* [election]*]*.

#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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Form 10 - Statement as to postal ballot papers for the referendum

Referendum on the voting system for United Kingdom parliamentary elections

Voting area .....................

Date of poll ...................

	A. Issue of postal ballot papers	Number for voting area
	1. Total number of postal ballot papers issued under
	paragraph 8 of Schedule 3.
	2. Total number of postal ballot papers issued under
	paragraphs 14 (spoilt and returned for cancellation) and 15
	(lost and not received) of Schedule 3.
	3. Total number of postal ballot papers cancelled under
	paragraph 26 of Schedule 3 (where the first ballot paper was
	cancelled and retrieved).
	4. Total number of postal ballot papers issued (1+2+3).

	B.(1) Receipt of ballot papers and replacements	Number for voting area
	5. Number of covering envelopes received by the counting
	officer or at a polling station before the close of poll
	(excluding any undelivered or returned under paragraphs 14
	(spoilt), 15 (lost) and 26 (cancelled ballot papers) of
	Schedule 3).
	6. Number of covering envelopes received by the counting
	officer after the close of poll, excluding any returned as
	undelivered.
	7. Number of postal ballot papers returned spoilt for
	cancellation in time for another ballot paper to be issued.
	8. Number of postal ballot papers identified as lost or not
	received in time for another ballot paper to be issued.
	9. Number of ballot papers cancelled and retrieved in time for
	another ballot paper to be issued.
	10. Number of postal ballot papers returned as spoilt too late
	for another ballot paper to be issued.
	11. Number of covering envelopes returned as undelivered (up
	to the date of this statement).
	12. Number of covering envelopes not received by the
	counting officer by the date of this statement.
	13. Total numbers 5 to 12 (This number should be the same as
	that in 4 above).

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	B.(2) Receipt of postal ballot papers - postal voting statements	Number for voting area
	14. Number of covering envelopes set aside for the
	verification of personal identifiers on postal voting statements.
	15. Number of postal voting statements not subject to
	verification procedure rejected as not completed (excluding
	rior cancellations).
	16. Number of postal voting statements subject to verification
	procedure rejected as not completed (excluding prior
	cancellations).
	17. Number of postal voting statements rejected following
	verification procedures due to personal identifiers on the
	postal voting statement not matching those in the personal
	identifiers record (excluding prior cancellations).

	C. Count of postal ballot papers	Number for voting area
	18. Number of ballot papers returned by postal voters which
	were included in the count of ballot papers.
	19. Number of cases in which a covering envelope or its
	contents were marked “rejected” (cancellations under
	paragraphs 14, 15 and 26 of Schedule 3 are not rejections and
	should be included in items 2, 3, 7, 8 and 9 above).

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	Date ...........................................................	Signed.......................................
		Counting Officer
	Address ................................................................................................................................
	..............................................................................................................................................
	NOTE
	The references to Schedule 3 are references to Schedule 3 to the National Assembly for
	Wales (Representation of the People) Order 2007 as applied by the Parliamentary Voting
	System and Constituencies act 2010.’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

NS4

To move the following Schedule:—

‘Combination of polls: Scotland

Part 1

Provision about combination

General provisions

Interpretation

1	The polls to be taken together under section [Combination of polls](3) are

referred to in this Schedule as “combined polls”.

2	In this Schedule—

“the 2007 Order” means the Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2007

(S.I. 2007/937);

“constituency ballot paper” means a ballot paper for the poll for electing a

constituency member in a Scottish parliamentary election;

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

Article 15 of Schedule 4 to the 2007 Order;

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

agent for a Scottish parliamentary election (except where one or other is

specified);

“regional ballot paper” means a ballot paper for the poll for electing a

regional member in a Scottish parliamentary election;

“referendum ballot paper” means a ballot paper for the referendum;

“regional returning officer” has the meaning given by section 12(6) of the

Scotland Act 1998;

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

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

“Scottish parliamentary election” means an election in a constituency held

under section 2 of the Scotland Act 1998 (comprising the poll for electing

a constituency member and the poll for electing regional members);

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Revised 19 October 2010