Paragraph 17 The ballot papers

(1)

The ballot of every voter must consist of a ballot paper that must be in the appropriate form.

(2)

Each person remaining validly nominated for the election, after any withdrawals, and no other, is entitled to have their name inserted in the ballot paper.

(3)

Every ballot paper—

(a)

must F1, so far as practicable for the purposes of electronic counting, be printed in accordance with the directions set out in the Forms Schedule,

(b)

must contain the names and other particulars of the candidates as shown in the statement of persons nominated,

(c)

must have a number and other unique identifying mark printed on the back, and

(d)

may, in the case of ballot papers for use at polling stations, be marked with the words “do not fold”.

(4)

If a candidate who is the subject of a party's authorisation under rule 6(5) so requests, the ballot paper must contain, against the candidate's particulars, the party's registered emblem (or, as the case may be, one of the party's registered emblems).

F2(4A)

If a candidate who is the subject of an authorisation by two or more parties under rule 6(7) so requests, the ballot paper must contain, against the candidate’s particulars, the registered emblem (or, as the case may be, one of the registered emblems) of one of those parties.

(5)

The candidate's request under paragraph (4) F3or paragraph (4A) must—

(a)

be made in writing to the CRO, and

(b)

be received by him within the period for delivery of nomination papers set out in the timetable in rule 3.

(6)

The order of the names in the ballot paper must be the same as in the statement of persons nominated.

(7)

At an ordinary election, the GLRO must supply the ballot papers for use at the election to the CRO by such date as may be agreed between them.

(8)

The ballot papers supplied under paragraph (7) must be of a different colour from those used at any other Authority election with which the election is taken.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Sch. 1 rule 17(3)(a) inserted (8.2.2016) by The Greater London Authority Elections (Amendment) Rules 2016 (S.I. 2016/24), rules 1(2), 8(1)
F2: Sch. 1 rule 17(4A) inserted (1.3.2012) by The Greater London Authority Elections (Amendment) Rules 2012 (S.I. 2012/198), rules 1(1), 3(2)(a)
F3: Words in Sch. 1 rule 17(5) inserted (1.3.2012) by The Greater London Authority Elections (Amendment) Rules 2012 (S.I. 2012/198), rules 1(1), 3(2)(b)