# The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections Order 2012, Article 18A: Influencing voters at polling booths


(1) A person who—
(a) is with another person at a polling booth, and
(b) intends to influence that other person to vote in a particular way or to refrain from voting,
commits an offence.
(2) A person who—
(a) is near a polling booth when another person is at that booth, and
(b) intends to influence that other person to vote in a particular way or to refrain from voting,
commits an offence.
(3) For the purposes of this article—
(a) a “polling booth” is a compartment in a polling station in which voters can mark votes screened from observation;
(b) 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;
(c) a person may be near one polling booth while at a different polling booth.
(4) A person who commits an offence under this article is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, to a fine or to both.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1917/article/18A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-crime-commissioner-elections-order-2012/article-18A
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