50Declaration envelopes

50 Declaration envelopes

(1) The election manager must ensure that each postal ballot envelope contains a sealable declaration envelope in which voters may place their marked ballot-paper.

(2) The election manager must ensure that the declaration envelopes are opaque.

(3) The election manager must ensure that a declaration envelope has a declaration flap which is capable of being removed by an election official without opening the declaration envelope and which includes the following—

(b) if the municipal district is divided into wards, the name of the relevant ward;

(c) the name and entitlement address of the voter;

(d) the postal address of the voter (if different from the entitlement address);

(e) the declaration to be signed by the voter;

(f) a place for the voter to sign and date the declaration;

(g) any other information that the election manager considers necessary to assist voting.

(4) The declaration under subregulation (3)(e) must be in the following form or to the following effect—

"I am the voter named on this envelope. I have enclosed my completed ballot-paper in this envelope. I have not already voted in this Council election.".