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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-european-parliamentary-elections-regulations-1999/schedule-4/paragraph-5",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/1999/0110822897",
  "legislation_title": "European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-european-parliamentary-elections-regulations-1999",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
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  "text": "If you cannot vote in person at the polling station the electoral registration officer may be able to allow you to vote as proxy by post. [For use in England.If your appointment is for an indefinite period, you may apply to vote by post throughout the period your appointment is in force if you live in a different electoral division (or where there are no electoral divisions, a different parliamentary constituency) from the elector’s qualifying address; or if the addresses are in the same electoral division (or, in an area where there are no electoral divisions, parliamentary constituency) but in a different parish.] [For use in Scotland.If your appointment is for an indefinite period, you may apply to vote by post throughout the period your appointment is in force if you live in a different electoral ward from the elector’s qualifying address.] [For use in Wales.If your appointment is for an indefinite period, you may vote by post throughout the period your appointment is in force if you live in a different electoral division of a county or county borough from the elector’s qualifying address or in a different community.] If you are registered for the same parliamentary constituency or electoral area as the elector, you may apply if you are entitled to vote by post or proxy on your own behalf. In addition, you may vote by post at a particular election if the electoral registration officer is satisfied that you cannot reasonably be expected to vote in person at the elector’s polling station. But the electoral registration officer cannot allow an application to vote by post at a particular election if he receives it after 5 p.m. on the eleventh working day before the poll.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/1999/0110822897/schedule/4/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:19:37.531127+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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