Article 24 Notification that an elector has lost their absent vote

A registration officer who is required by paragraph 17(7) of Schedule 5 to the 2013 Act to notify a person that their entry has been removed from the absent voters’ record or list must—

(a)

give such notice in writing within one month of the register having been published under section 13(1) of the 1983 Act or under article 15;

(b)

include in that notice an explanation of—

(i)

why the person is no longer entitled to vote by post or (as the case may be) by proxy;

(ii)

what the person must do in order to be able to vote by post or (as the case may be) by proxy; and

(c)

provide with that notice—

(i)

an application form in the form designed by the Electoral Commission under regulation 26(3) of each of the two 2001 Regulations, on which the registration officer has, if practicable, printed the person’s full name and address; and

(ii)

an application form for an application to vote by post or (as the case may be) by proxy.