317Issue of postal ballot-paper

#### 317 Issue of postal ballot-paper 317 Issue of postal ballot-paper > > (1) On receiving the elector’s duly made application for a postal vote or the list on which the elector’s name appears, the election manager is to make a record that a ballot-paper is being issued to the elector and deliver or send the following to the elector— > > > > > (a) a ballot-paper that is initialled on the front by an election official (by hand or by electronic or mechanical means), > > > > > (b) either— > > > > > > > (i) a postal vote certificate envelope and, if the envelope is not addressed to the returning officer, another envelope addressed to the returning officer, or > > > > > > > (ii) a postal vote certificate and an envelope addressed to the returning officer for the return of the ballot-paper and postal vote certificate, > > > > > (c) (Repealed) > > > > > (d) information as to how to access the candidate information sheets of the candidates in the election that have been published on the election manager’s website under section 290(4). > > > (1A) On the making of a declaration of COVID-19 affected electors under section 314A, the election manager is, for each COVID-19 affected elector, other than an elector who has duly made application for a postal vote, to make a record that a ballot-paper is being issued to the elector and deliver or send the items and information referred to in subsection (1)(a)–(d) to the elector. > > > (2) Items specified in subsection (1)(a), (b) and (d) delivered or sent under this section to a non-resident postal voter are to be delivered or sent to— > > > > > (a) the residential address of that elector, or > > > > > (b) if the elector specified another preferred postal address in the application for a postal vote under section 314—the address specified in the application. > > **s 317:** Am 2021 (617), Sch 1\[6\]; 2024 (327), Sch 1\[5\]–\[7\].