# The National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 2003, Paragraph 34: Equipment of polling stations


(1) At an Assembly election the constituency returning officer shall provide each presiding officer with such number of ballot boxes and ballot papers as in the constituency returning officer’s opinion may be necessary.
(2) Where at an ordinary election electors are entitled to give two votes the same ballot box shall be used for the receipt of ballot papers in respect of votes given at each election.
(3) Every ballot box shall be so constructed that the ballot papers can be put in it, but cannot be withdrawn from it, without the box being opened.
(4) The constituency returning officer shall provide each polling station with—
(a) materials to enable voters to mark the ballot papers,
(b) instruments for stamping on them the official mark,
(c) copies of the register of electors or such part of it as contains the names of electors allotted to the station, and
(d) the parts of any special lists prepared for the election corresponding to the register of electors or the part of it provided under paragraph (c).
(5) The constituency returning officer shall also provide each polling station with—
(a) at least one large version of the ballot paper which shall be displayed inside the polling station for the assistance of voters who are partially-sighted; and
(b) a device (or devices) of the description set out in sub-paragraphs (6) and (7), 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 paragraph 44(1)).
(6) The device referred to in sub-paragraph (5)(b) must be capable of being attached firmly to a ballot paper and of being removed from it after use without damage to the paper.
(7) On one side of the device there shall be tabs of equal size which satisfy the appropriate conditions in sub-paragraphs (8) to (11).
(8) The tabs shall be capable of being positioned on the ballot paper so that each one is above one of the spaces—
(a) in the case of a constituency election, to the right of the particulars of the candidates or,
(b) in the case of a regional election, above the descriptions of the registered political parties or, as the case may be, the particulars of individual candidates,
on which the vote is to be marked (“the relevant space”).
(9) In the case of a constituency election, each tab shall be numbered so that when the device is positioned over a ballot paper, the number of each tab corresponds to that of the candidate whose particulars are to the left of the relevant space covered by the tab in question.
(10) Each number on a tab shall be in raised form so that it can be clearly identified by touch.
(11) Each tab shall be capable of being lifted so as to reveal the relevant space and so that there is sufficient room to allow a voter to mark a cross on that space.
(12) At an ordinary election where there are contested elections for an Assembly constituency and for the Assembly electoral region in which the constituency is situated, the notice in the form set out in English and Welsh in the Appendix, giving directions for the guidance of the voters in voting, shall be printed in conspicuous characters and exhibited inside and outside every polling station.
(13) Where there is a contested election for an Assembly constituency but there is no such election for the Assembly electoral region in which the constituency is situated, the notice in the form set out in English and Welsh in the Appendix, giving directions for the guidance of the voters in voting, shall be printed in conspicuous characters and exhibited inside and outside every polling station.
(14) Where there is a contested election for an Assembly electoral region but there is no such election for an Assembly constituency in the Assembly electoral region, the notice in the form set out in English and Welsh in the Appendix, giving directions for the guidance of the voters in voting, shall be printed in conspicuous characters and exhibited inside and outside every polling station in the Assembly constituency.
(15) Where there is a contested constituency election, in every compartment of every polling station there shall be exhibited the notice—
(a) in the case where votes are also given at the polling station in respect of a contested regional election—
“Vote for one candidate only on the constituency ballot paper coloured [colour of ballot paper]. Put no other mark on the ballot paper or your vote may not be counted.
Pleidleisiwch dros un ymgeisydd yn unig ar y papur pleidleisio etholaeth lliw [lliw'r papur pleidleisio]. Peidiwch â rhoi unrhyw farc arall ar y papur pleidleisio, neu fe all na chaiff eich pleidlais ei chyfrif.”, or
(b) in any other case—
“Vote for one candidate only on the ballot paper. Put no other mark on the ballot paper or your vote may not be counted.
Pleidleisiwch dros un ymgeisydd yn unig ar y papur pleidleisio. Peidiwch â rhoi unrhyw farc arall ar y papur pleidleisio, neu fe all na chaiff eich pleidlais ei chyfrif.”.
(16) Where there is a contested regional election, in every compartment of every polling station there shall be exhibited the notice—
(a) in the case where votes are also given at the polling station in respect of a contested constituency election—
“Vote once only on the regional ballot paper coloured [colour of ballot paper]. Put no other mark on the ballot paper or your vote may not be counted.
Pleidleisiwch unwaith yn unig ar y papur pleidleisio rhanbarthol lliw [lliw'r papur pleidleisio]. Peidiwch â rhoi unrhyw farc arall ar y papur pleidleisio, neu fe all na chaiff eich pleidlais ei chyfrif.”, or
(b) in any other case—
“Vote once only on the ballot paper. Put no other mark on the ballot paper or your vote may not be counted.
Pleidleisiwch unwaith yn unig ar y papur pleidleisio. Peidiwch â rhoi unrhyw farc arall ar y papur pleidleisio, neu fe all na chaiff eich pleidlais ei chyfrif.”.
(17) At an Assembly election the statement of persons nominated shall be printed in conspicuous characters and exhibited inside and outside every polling station.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/284/schedule/5/paragraph/34 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-assembly-for-wales-representation-of-the-people-order-2003/schedule-5/paragraph-34
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