68Replacement postal ballot envelopes

68 Replacement postal ballot envelopes

(1) The election manager must identify the declaration envelopes that were issued to voters who—

(a) were issued with declaration envelopes under regulation 56; and

(b) have not voted or attempted to vote more than once at the election.

(2) If it appears to the election manager that a person has signed and returned more than one declaration envelope, without removing the declaration flaps or opening the declaration envelopes the election manager must—

(a) accept the ballot-paper within the declaration envelope that appears to have been signed first by the voter; and

(b) disallow all ballot-papers in other declaration envelopes that appear to have been returned by the voter.

(3) If it appears to the election manager that 2 or more declaration envelopes bearing the name of the same voter have been signed and returned by different people, and regulation 66(c) does not apply, the election manager must—

(a) disallow the ballot-papers contained in the declaration envelopes without removing the declaration flaps or opening the declaration envelopes; and

(b) keep a record of the number of persons whose declaration envelopes have been disallowed under this subregulation and the actions taken in each case.