22Identification of electors

22 Identification of electors

22 Identification of electors

(1) Each person claiming to vote at the polling place must state—

(a) the person’s surname and given name or names, and

(b) any other particulars necessary for the purpose of identifying the name on the roll under which the vote is claimed if required to do so by the returning officer.

(2) The returning officer may, and at the request of any scrutineer must, put to any person claiming to vote all or any of the following questions—

(a) Are you the person whose name appears as [here state name under which the person claims to vote] on the roll for this election?

(b) Are you at least 18 years of age?

(c) Have you already voted at this election?

(d) Are you disqualified from voting?

(e) Are you a resident on the Island?

(3) If any person refuses to answer fully any question put to the person by the returning officer, or by the person’s answer shows that the person is not entitled to vote, the person’s claim to vote must be rejected.

(4) The person’s answers to the questions are conclusive and the person’s entitlement to vote is not to be further inquired into during the polling.

(5) An omission of any given name, or entry of a wrong given name, address or occupation, or a mistake in the spelling of any surname, does not warrant the rejection of any claim to vote if, in the opinion of the returning officer, the elector is sufficiently identified.

(6) An elector is not disqualified from voting under the name appearing on the roll because the elector’s surname has been changed as a result of marriage, but, in that case, a note of the fact must be made by the returning officer.

cl 22: Am 2018 No 28, Sch 1.19 [1] [2]; 2019 No 14, Sch 2.15.