{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-authority-elections-amendment-rules-2004/schedule-9/paragraph-21",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/227",
  "legislation_title": "The Greater London Authority Elections (Amendment) Rules 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-authority-elections-amendment-rules-2004",
  "path": "schedule/9/paragraph/21",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Postal ballot papers",
  "text": "(1) The CRO shall as soon as practicable send to those entitled to vote by post, at the addresses shown in the absent voters list, a ballot paper and a declaration of identity, together with an envelope for their return.\n(2) The declaration of identity shall be in the appropriate form, or a form to the like effect.\n(3) In place of the parts of the form specified in paragraph (4), the form may include such alternative information as the GLRO may decide, relating to—\n(a) the system of voting at the GLA election;\n(b) how many votes a voter has in each election;\n(c) the marks to be used, and the manner in which they should be used, in order to ensure that a vote is counted for any candidate,\nand which complies with paragraph 4 of Schedule 12 (as though that information were to be included in a notice).\n(4) The parts of the form referred to in paragraph (3) are—\n(a) in the case of Form 9A, paragraph 4;\n(b) in the case of Form 9B, paragraph 2.\n(5) Where the GLRO has decided to provide alternative information pursuant to paragraph (3), he shall notify the CRO of the information that shall appear in the form pursuant to paragraph (3), and where the CRO does not discharge the functions specified in regulation 5 of the Combination of Poll Regulations, the GLRO shall give such notification to the returning officer who does discharge those functions.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/227/schedule/9/paragraph/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:34:48.692131+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."
}