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Paragraph 7 Voting by proxy

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(1)

A person entitled to vote as proxy at a local election, whether by virtue of paragraph 2(1) and (3) or paragraph 6, may do so in person at the polling station allotted to the elector under the local elections rules unless he is entitled to vote by post as proxy for the elector at the election, in which case he may vote by post.

(2)

A person is not capable of voting as proxy at any such election unless on the day of the poll he has attained the age of 18.

(3)

A person is not entitled to vote as proxy at the same local election in any district electoral area on behalf of more than two electors of whom that person is not the husband, wife, parent, grandparent, brother, sister, child or grandchild.

(4)

Where a person is entitled to vote by post as proxy for the elector at any election, the elector may not apply for a ballot paper for the purpose of voting in person at the election.

(5)

A person entitled to vote as proxy for another at a local election is entitled so to vote by post if he is included in the list of proxies entitled to vote by post at the election kept under rule 24(2) of the local elections rules.

(6)

Where a person applies to the Chief Electoral Officer to vote by post as proxy at a particular election and the application meets the requirements of sub-paragraph (7) and paragraphs 9 and 10, he shall grant the application if the applicant has provided an address in the United Kingdom as an address to which his ballot paper is to be sent, and either—

(a)

that address is not in the same district electoral area as the elector's qualifying address, or

(b)

the applicant is, or the Chief Electoral Officer is satisfied that he will be, included as an elector in the absent voters lists kept under rule 24 of the local elections rules for the election in question.

(7)

The Chief Electoral Officer shall not grant an application under this paragraph unless—

(a)

he is satisfied that the elector is or will be registered in the register of local electors,

(b)

the application is in Form 8, and

(c)

there is in force an appointment of the applicant as the elector's proxy to vote for him at the particular local election concerned.

(8)

The Chief Electoral Officer shall notify an applicant if he disallows an application under sub-paragraphs (6) and (7).