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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assembly-for-wales-representation-of-the-people-order-2003/schedule-5/paragraph-40",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/284",
  "legislation_title": "The National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 2003",
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  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Questions to be put to voters",
  "text": "(1) In the case of a person applying as an elector at an Assembly election, the presiding officer may and, if required by a candidate or his election or polling agent, shall, put to any person applying for a ballot paper at the time of his application, but not afterwards, the following questions, or either of them—\n(a) in the case of the questions (or one of them) being asked in English—\n(i) “Are you the person registered in the register of local government electors for this election as follows?” (Read the whole entry from the register),\n(ii) Have you already voted, here or elsewhere, at this election otherwise than as proxy for some other person?”, or\n(b) in the case of the questions (or one of them) being asked in Welsh—\n(i) “Ai chi yw'r person a gofrestrwyd yn y gofrestr etholwyr llywodraeth leol ar gyfer yr etholiad hwn fel hyn?”. (Darllenwch y cofnod llawn yn y gofrestr),\n(ii) “A ydych eisoes wedi pleidleisio, yma neu rywle arall, yn yr etholiad hwn, heblaw fel dirprwy ar ran rhyw berson arall?”.\n(2) Where at an ordinary election a voter is entitled to give two votes at the polling station and, where the presiding officer has asked both or either of the questions set out in sub-paragraph (1), he may then ask the following question—\n(a) in the case of the question being asked in English—\n“Have you already cast a constituency vote and an electoral region vote at this election, here or elsewhere, otherwise than as proxy for some other person?”, or\n(b) in the case of the question being asked in Welsh—\n“A ydych eisoes wedi bwrw pleidlais etholaeth a phleidlais rhanbarth etholiadol yn yr etholiad hwn, yma neu rywle arall, heblaw fel dirprwy ar ran rhyw berson arall?”.\n(3) In the case of an elector applying to vote as proxy at an Assembly election, the presiding officer may and, if required by a candidate or his election or polling agent, shall, put to any person applying for a ballot paper at the time of his application, but not afterwards, the following questions, or either of them—\n(a) in the case of the questions (or one of the questions) being asked in English—\n(i) “Are you the person whose name appears as A.B in the list of proxies for this election as entitled to vote as proxy on behalf of C.D?”,\n(ii) “Have you already voted here or elsewhere at this election as proxy on behalf of C.D?”, or\n(b) in the case of the questions (or one of the questions) being asked in Welsh—\n(i) “Ai chi yw'r person y gwelir ei enw fel A.B yn y rhestr ddirprwyon ar gyfer yr etholiad hwn, fel un sydd a hawl i bleidleisio fel dirprwy ar ran C.D?”,\n(ii) “A ydych eisoes wedi pleidleisio, yma neu rywle arall yn yr etholiad hwn fel dirprwy ar ran C.D?”.\n(4) Where at an ordinary election a voter is entitled to give two votes at the polling station and, where the presiding officer has asked both or either of the questions set out in sub-paragraph (3), he may then ask the following question—\n(a) in the case of the question being asked in English—\n“Have you already cast a constituency vote and an electoral region vote at this election, here or elsewhere, on behalf of C.D?”, or\n(b) in the case of the question being asked in Welsh—\n“A ydych eisoes wedi bwrw pleidlais etholaeth a phleidlais rhanbarth etholiadol yn yr etholiad hwn, yma neu rywle arall, ar ran C.D?”.\n(5) In the case of a person applying as proxy, the presiding officer may and, if required as mentioned above, shall put the following additional question—\n(a) in the case of the question being asked in English—\n“Are you the husband [wife], parent, grandparent, brother [sister], child or grandchild of C.D?”, or\n(b) in the case of the question being asked in Welsh—\n“Ai chi yw gwr [gwraig], rhiant, tad-cu (taid) [mam-gu (nain)], brawd [chwaer], plentyn, neu wyr [wyres] C.D?”.\n(6) If the question set out in sub-paragraph (5) is not answered in the affirmative the presiding officer may and, if required as mentioned above, shall put the following additional question—\n(a) in the case of the question being asked in English—\n“Have you already voted in this [Assembly constituency] [and in the case of an ordinary election or in any other Assembly constituency within this Assembly electoral region and in this] [Assembly electoral region] at this election on behalf of two persons of whom you are not the husband [wife], parent, grandparent, brother [sister], child or grandchild?”, or\n(b) in the case of the question being asked in Welsh—\n“A ydych eisoes wedi pleidleisio, yn [yr etholaeth Gynulliad hon] [ac yn achos etholiad cyffredin neu mewn unrhyw etholaeth Gynulliad arall o fewn y rhanbarth etholiadol Cynulliad hwn ac yn] [y rhanbarth etholiadol Cynulliad hwn] yn yr etholiad hwn ar ran dau berson nad ydych yn wr [wraig], rhiant, tad-cu (taid) [mam-gu (nain)], brawd [chwaer], plentyn neu wyr [wyres] iddynt?”.\n(7) A ballot paper shall not be delivered to any person required to answer the above questions or any of them unless he has answered the questions or question satisfactorily.\n(8) Save as by this paragraph authorised, no inquiry shall be permitted as to the right of any person to vote.",
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