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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-police-and-crime-commissioner-elections-order-2012/schedule-3/paragraph-25",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2012/9780111525302",
  "legislation_title": "The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-police-and-crime-commissioner-elections-order-2012",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/25",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Postal ballot papers",
  "text": "(1) The local returning officer must, in accordance with Part 3 of Schedule 2, issue to those entitled to vote by post—\n(a) a ballot paper, and\n(b) a postal voting statement in the appropriate form prescribed by paragraph 30 of Schedule 2,\ntogether with envelopes for their return that comply with the requirements of paragraph 38 of Schedule 2.\n(2) The local returning officer must also issue to those entitled to vote by post whatever information the officer thinks appropriate about how to obtain—\n(a) translations into languages other than English of any directions to or guidance for voters sent with the ballot paper;\n(b) a translation into Braille of such directions or guidance;\n(c) graphical representations of such directions or guidance;\n(d) the directions or guidance in any other form (including any audible form).\n(3) In the case of a ballot paper issued to a person at an address in the United Kingdom, the local returning officer must ensure that the return of the ballot paper and postal voting statement is free of charge to the voter.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2012/9780111525302/schedule/3/paragraph/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:51:38.206353+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}