Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill

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Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill

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Schedule 6 — Combination of polls: Wales
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•  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)

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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)

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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.

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•  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

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* Omit as necessary.

Paragraph 27(2)
Form 8 - Form of certificate of employment

Referendum on the voting system for United Kingdom parliamentary

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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

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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 .................................................

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*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

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presiding officer.

Paragraph 34(1)
Form 9 - Form of declaration to be made by the companion of a voter with
disabilities
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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)]

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whose number 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]*

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[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

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elector)], to vote at the said [referendum]* [or]* [election]*]*.

#State the relationship of the companion to the voter.

*Delete as appropriate.

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

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

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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)..........................................

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

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

NOTES: (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.

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(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.

Paragraph 56
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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 .....................

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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.

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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

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was cancelled and retrieved).

4. Total number of postal ballot papers issued (1+2+3).

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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same as

that in 4 above).

B.(2) Receipt of postal ballot papers - postal voting statements
Number for voting

area

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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

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(excluding prior 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

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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

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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

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paragraphs 14, 15 and 26 of Schedule 3 are not rejections

and should be included in items 2, 3, 7, 8 and 9 above).

Date ...........................................................
Signed.......................................

Counting Officer

Address

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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

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Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2010.