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Section 230E Workplace voting: additional requirements for conduct of ballotF1

(1)

So far as is reasonably practicable, there must be as many voting stations as is necessary to give every person who is eligible to vote by workplace voting a convenient opportunity to vote.

(2)

In the case of a ballot which is held for more than one workplace, a voting station may serve more than one workplace only where the voting station is near all of the workplaces it serves.

(3)

In subsections (1) and (2), “voting station” means an area—

(a)

in a qualifying location, and

(b)

where—

(i)

a person who is eligible to vote by workplace voting can do so in accordance with subsections (4) to (6), and

(ii)

there is one or more qualifying ballot box.

(4)

In order to vote, a person must—

(a)

attend the qualifying location for a ballot,

(b)

provide the scrutineer with their name and a form of identification which the scrutineer considers acceptable,

(c)

be provided with a voting paper in accordance with subsection (6),

(d)

mark the voting paper, and

(e)

place the marked voting paper in a qualifying ballot box.

(5)

When a person attends the qualifying location and provides the scrutineer with their name and identification, the scrutineer must ascertain—

(a)

whether the person’s name is on the workplace voting list, and

(b)

whether the person’s identification is acceptable.

(6)

The scrutineer must provide a person with a voting paper where the scrutineer finds that—

(a)

the person’s name is on the workplace voting list, and

(b)

the person’s identification is acceptable.

(7)

If a voting paper is, after having been provided in accordance with subsection (6), removed from the qualifying location before being placed in the qualifying ballot box, it becomes invalid.

(8)

The scrutineer must ensure that the workplace voting list is not seen by anyone who is not involved in administering the ballot.

(9)

In this section—

  • “qualifying ballot box” means a box, used for storing marked voting papers, which—

    1. (a)

      is possessed solely by the scrutineer throughout the ballot, and

    2. (b)

      is secured with a seal which remains unbroken until the ballot is complete;

  • “qualifying location” is to be interpreted in accordance with section 230F;

  • “workplace voting list” means the list of the names of the persons eligible to vote by workplace voting sent in accordance with section 226B(7).

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F1

Ss. 230A-230H and cross-headings inserted (25.8.2026) by The Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/881), arts. 1(3), 7(11) (with art. 10)