| Your vote is personal - complete the ballot papers yourself and in private. If |
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| you need help you can contact me (insert contact details of the constituency |
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| returning officer or a member of his staff). |
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| Electoral fraud is a crime. You must not vote using a ballot paper that is not |
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| addressed to you. You must not interfere with another voter’s ballot paper. |
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| | This statement relates to the ballot papers for the Scottish Parliament |
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| | election only. You will receive your ballot paper and instructions for the |
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| | referendum on the voting system for United Kingdom parliamentary |
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| | elections separately. If you do not receive them soon, please contact me. |
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| | You must provide your [#signature and] date of birth even if you have |
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| | already signed a postal voting statement in respect of the referendum on the |
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| | voting system for United Kingdom parliamentary elections which is to be |
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| | You have two ballot papers (a constituency ballot paper coloured [insert |
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| | colour] and a regional ballot paper coloured [insert colour]). Vote only once |
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| | on each ballot paper. Vote by marking a cross (X) in the box opposite the |
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| | name of the party or candidate you are voting for. Do not put any other |
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| | marks on the ballot papers or your votes may not count. |
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| | Your vote is personal—complete it yourself and in private. If you need help |
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| | voting, the person helping you must not tell anyone how you have voted. |
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| | Put the ballot papers for the Scottish Parliament elections in the small |
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| | envelope marked “A” and seal it. Then put the envelope marked “A”, |
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| | together with the postal voting statement, in the larger envelope marked |
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| | “B”. Return the envelopes without delay. The ballot papers must be received |
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| | at my office not later than the close of poll. Alternatively, the ballot papers |
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| | can be delivered to any polling station in this constituency on polling day, |
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| | If you get more than one of each ballot paper, by accident, then use just one |
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| | of each. Please remember that it is illegal to vote more than once in the same |
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| | election (unless you are voting for someone else—by proxy). |
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| | At this election you cannot vote in person at a polling station. |
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| | If you make a mistake on a ballot paper, or lose a ballot paper or the return |
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| | envelopes, you can ask for replacements. You should ask as soon as |
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| | possible. There is not much time for a new ballot paper to be sent to you, |
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| | returned and counted. You will need to return everything you have |
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| | received from me (except anything you have lost). Items you should return |
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| | if you have them include all ballot papers, the postal voting statement and |
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| | the envelopes marked “A” and “B”. |
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| | I can issue another ballot paper if you ask me for it up to 5 pm on polling |
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| | day, but unless I receive your request by 5 pm on the day before polling day |
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| | I can only issue another ballot paper if you visit my office, with evidence of |
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| | For replacement papers, or if you need further help, please ring (insert |
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| | telephone number) or contact my office at (insert address). |
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