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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-mayoral-elections-england-and-wales-regulations-2002/schedule-1/paragraph-24",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/185",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2002",
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  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/24",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "Issue of official poll cards",
  "text": "(1) The returning officer shall as soon as practicable send to electors and their proxies an official poll card, but a card need not be sent to any person—\n(a) as an elector if he is placed on the absent voters list for the election; or\n(b) as a proxy if he is entitled to vote by post as proxy at the election.\n(2) An elector’s official poll card shall be sent or delivered to his qualifying address, and a proxy’s to his address as shown in the list of proxies.\n(3) The official poll card shall be in the appropriate form, or a form to the like effect, and shall set out—\n(a) the name of the local authority to which the election relates;\n(b) that the election is a mayoral election;\n(c) the elector’s name, qualifying address and number on the register; and\n(d) the date and hours of the poll and the situation of the elector’s polling station.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/185/schedule/1/paragraph/24",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:16:10.780142+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."
}