33Procedure for dealing with postal voter cards etc

33 Procedure for dealing with postal voter cards etc

If a pre‑poll voting officer or a presiding officer receives an envelope and a postal voter card, he or she must:

(a) endorse on the envelope:

(i) ‘Received by me’; and

(ii) the date and time of receipt of the envelope; and

(b) sign the endorsement and add the words ‘Pre‑poll Voting Officer’ or ‘Presiding Officer’, as the case may be; and

(c) make a record of:

(i) the name of the voter; and

(ii) the name of the ward to which the postal voter card appears to relate; and

(d) until dealing with the envelope and postal voter card in accordance with paragraph (e), keep the envelope and postal voter card in a ballot‑box; and

(e) send:

(i) the envelope and postal voter card; and

(ii) the record;

to the Returning Officer in accordance with his or her instructions.