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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-voter-identification-amendment-of-list-of-specified-documents-local-elections-northern-ireland-order-2026/note",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2026/9780348285642",
  "legislation_title": "The Voter Identification (Amendment of List of Specified Documents) (Local Elections) (Northern Ireland) Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-voter-identification-amendment-of-list-of-specified-documents-local-elections-northern-ireland-order-2026",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order in Council)\nThis Order makes changes to the list of the types of photographic identification that can be used by an individual wishing to vote in person at a polling station at Local Elections in Northern Ireland.\nArticle 2 amends the list set out in rule 34(6) of Schedule 5 to the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962 (c. 14 (N.I.)), adding the PASS card, the Blue Badge, the Veteran card and Commonwealth passports to the list.\nArticle 3 and the Schedules replace the Elector’s and Proxy’s poll cards to reflect the changes to the acceptable photographic voter identification.\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348285642/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:37:01.241883+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."
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