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  "heading": "Additional requirements for applications for proxy votes in respect of a particular election",
  "text": "An application under article 10(1) to vote by proxy at a particular election shall set out why the applicant’s circumstances on the date of the poll for that election in respect of which it is made will be or are likely to be such that he cannot reasonably be expected to vote in person at his allotted polling station.",
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