# Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962, Paragraph 26A


(1) A person who—
(a) is with another person at a polling booth, and
(b) intends to influence that other person to vote in a particular way or to refrain from voting,
commits an offence.
(2) A person who—
(a) is near a polling booth when another person is at that booth, and
(b) intends to influence that other person to vote in a particular way or to refrain from voting,
commits an offence.
(3) For the purposes of this paragraph—
(a) a “polling booth” is a compartment in a polling station in which voters can mark votes screened from observation;
(b) assisting a person with voting, in accordance with rule 36 of Schedule 5 or any other legislation, is not influencing that person to vote in a particular way or to refrain from voting;
(c) a person may be near one polling booth while at a different polling booth.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1962/14/schedule/NINTH/paragraph/26A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-law-act-northern-ireland-1962/schedule-NINTH/paragraph-26A
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