Article 18A Influencing voters at polling boothsF1

is with another person at a polling booth, and

intends to influence that other person to vote in a particular way or to refrain from voting,

is near a polling booth when another person is at that booth, and

intends to influence that other person to vote in a particular way or to refrain from voting,

a “polling booth” is a compartment in a polling station in which voters can mark votes screened from observation;

assisting a person with voting, in accordance with rule 41 of Schedule 3 or any other legislation, is not influencing that person to vote in a particular way or to refrain from voting;

a person may be near one polling booth while at a different polling booth.