Rule 28 Equipment of polling stationsI1

materials to enable voters to mark the ballot papers;

copies of the register of electors for the electoral area or such part of it as contains the names of the electors allotted to the station;

the parts of any special lists prepared for the election corresponding to the register of electors for the electoral area or the part of it provided under sub-paragraph (b);

a list consisting of that part of the list prepared under rule 19 which contains the numbers (but not the other unique identifying marks) corresponding to those on the ballot papers provided to the presiding officer of the polling station.

at least one large version of the ballot paper which must be displayed inside the polling station for the assistance of voters who are partially sighted; F1...

F2for a mayoral election in Wales, a device of such description as is set out in paragraph (8) for enabling voters who are blind or partially sighted to vote without any need for assistance from the presiding officer or any companion (within the meaning of rule 39(1)).

for a mayoral election in England, such equipment as it is reasonable to provide for the purposes of enabling, or making it easier for, relevant persons to vote independently in the manner directed by rule 37 (voting procedure), including in relation to voting secretly; and for this purpose “relevant persons” means persons who find it difficult or impossible to vote in that manner because of—

the returning officer must also provide each polling station with a ballot paper refusal list, in the appropriate form in the Appendix or a form to the like effect, on which entries are to be made as mentioned in rule 41A (refusal to deliver ballot paper: mayoral elections in England);

a large notice must be displayed inside each polling station containing—

in the case of an elector (other than an elector with an anonymous entry) or a proxy, any of the forms of identification for the time being referred to in rule 37(1H) of Schedule 1 to the 1983 Act (parliamentary elections rules);

in the case of an elector with an anonymous entry, the elector’s official poll card and an anonymous elector’s document showing the same electoral number as the electoral number shown on the official poll card.

allow a ballot paper to be inserted into and removed from, or attached to and detached from, the device easily and without damage to the paper;

hold the ballot paper firmly in place during use; and

provide suitable means for the voter to—