Rice Marketing Regulation 2015
22Receipt of ballot-papers
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22 Receipt of ballot-papers
22 Receipt of ballot-papers
(1) The returning officer must reject (without opening it) any envelope purporting to contain a ballot-paper if the envelope is not received by the returning officer before the close of the poll or is received unsealed.
(2) The returning officer must examine the name on the back of each remaining envelope and, without opening the envelope—
(a) must accept the ballot-paper in the envelope and draw a line through the name on the final roll for the poll that corresponds to the name on the back of the envelope, if satisfied that a person of that name is included in the roll, or
(b) must reject the ballot-paper in the envelope, if not so satisfied or if a name, address or signature does not appear on the back of the envelope.
(3) The returning officer may reject a ballot-paper without opening the envelope if, after making such inquiries as the returning officer thinks fit—
(a) the returning officer is unable to identify the signature on the back of the envelope, or
(b) it appears to the returning officer that the signature on the back of the envelope is not the signature of the person whose name and address appear on the back of the envelope.