150Spoilt and lost postal ballot papers

#### 150 Spoilt and lost postal ballot papers 150 Spoilt and lost postal ballot papers > > (1) If an elector to whom a postal ballot paper has been issued satisfies the Electoral Commissioner that he or she has spoilt his or her postal ballot paper by mistake or accident, he or she may, on giving it up, receive a new postal ballot paper from the Electoral Commissioner, who must cancel and preserve the spoilt ballot paper. > > > (2) An elector is permitted to vote at a voting centre at an election if the elector makes a declaration in an approved form before an election official at the voting centre that— > > > > > (a) the elector has not received, or has lost, the elector’s postal ballot paper or the postal vote certificate or both, and > > > > > (b) the elector will not use the postal ballot paper and the postal vote certificate if the elector later receives or finds the postal ballot paper or the postal vote certificate or both. > > **s 150:** Am 2026 No 6, Sch 1\[72\] \[73\].