Paragraph 22 Confirming receipt of postal voting statementsI1

England and Wales

(1)

An elector or a proxy voter who is shown in the postal voters list or proxy postal voters list may make a request, at any time between the first issue of postal ballots under paragraph 9 and the close of poll, that the returning officer confirm—

(a)

whether a mark is shown in the marked copy of the postal voters list or proxy postal voters list in a place corresponding to the number of the elector to denote that a postal vote has been returned, and

(b)

whether the number of the ballot paper or papers issued to the elector or the elector’s proxy has been recorded on any of the lists of provisionally rejected votes kept by the returning officer under paragraph 26.

(2)

A request under sub-paragraph (1) must—

(a)

be made by any method specified by the returning officer, and

(b)

include any evidence of the voter’s identity requested by the returning officer.

(3)

Where a request is received in accordance with sub-paragraph (2), before the returning officer provides confirmation of the matters under sub-paragraph (1), the returning officer must be satisfied that the request has been made by the elector or the elector’s proxy.

(4)

When dealing with requests under sub-paragraph (1), the returning officer must have regard to any guidance issued by the Electoral Commission for the purposes of this paragraph.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 2 para. 22 in force at 18.7.2025, see art. 1(2)