Note.-The number on the ballot paper is to correspond with that in the counterfoil. (a) See clause 22, ante, p. 46. Directions as to printing Ballot Paper. Nothing is to be printed on the ballot paper except in accordance with this schedule. The surname of each candidate, and if there are two – or more candidates of the same surname, also the other names of such candidates, shall be printed in large characters, as shown in the form, and the names, addresses, and descriptions, and the number on the back of the paper, shall be printed in small characters. Form of Directions for the Guidance of the Voter in voting, which shall be printed in conspicuous Characters, and placarded outside every Polling Station and in every Compartment of every Polling Station. The voter will go into one of the compartments, and, with the pencil provided in the compartment, place a cross on the right-hand side, opposite the name of each candidate for whom he votes, thus X (b). The voter will then fold up the ballot paper so as to show the official mark on the back, and leaving the compartment, will, without showing the front of the paper to any person, show the official mark on the back to the presiding officer, and then, in the presence of the presiding officer, put the paper into the ballot box, and forthwith quit the polling station. If the voter inadvertently spoils a ballot paper, he can return it to the officer, who will, if satisfied of such inadvertence, give him another paper (c). If the voter votes for more than candidate or places any mark on the paper by which he may be afterwards identified, his ballot paper will be void, and will not be counted. (b) This direction must be implicitly followed, for if the name of the candidate be written and the X omitted, the vote will be lost. (c) See clause 28, ante, p. 49. If the voter takes a ballot paper out of the polling station, or deposits in the ballot box any other paper than the one given him by the officer, he will be guilty of a misdemeanor, and be subject to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months, with or without hard labour. Note. These directions shall be illustrated by examples of the ballot paper. Form of Statutory Declaration of Secrecy (a). I solemnly promise and declare, That I will not at this election for do anything forbidden by section four of The Ballot Act, 1872, which has been read to me. Note.-The section must be read to the declarant by the person taking the declaration. Form of Declaration of inability to read. I, A.B., of being numbered on the register do of voters for the county [or borough] of hereby declare that I am unable to read. day of A.B., his mark. I, the undersigned, being the presiding officer for the polling station for the county [or borough] of do hereby certify, that the above declaration, having been first read to the above-named A.B., was signed by him in my presence with his mark. Signed, C.D., Presiding officer for polling station for the county [or borough] of day of (a) See sect. 4, ante, p. 7, and clause 54, ante, p. 58. foregoing Act. Title. Part applied. As to England. An Act to amend the law for the registration of persons entitled to vote, and to define certain rights of voting, and to regulate certain proceedings in the elections of members to serve in Parliament for England and Wales. As to Ireland. An Act to amend the laws which regulate the qualification and registration of parliamentary voters in Ireland, and to alter the law for rating immediate lessors of premises to the poor rate in certain boroughs. to Sections eighty-five eighty-nine, both iuclusive (b). THIRD SCHEDULE. Provisions of Registration Acts referred to in Part III. of the Session and 6 & 7 Vict. c. 18 13 & 14 Vict. c. 69 Sections ninety-two to ninety-six, both inclu sive. (b) See clause 57, ante, p. 60, and sect. 24, ante, p. 30. FOURTH SCHEDULE. Acts relating to England. NOTE. This schedule, so far as respects Acts prior to the tenth year of the reign of George the Third, refers to the edition prepared under the direction of the Lord Chancellor, intituled "The Statutes, Revised Edition." A description or citation of a portion of an Act is inclusive of the words, section, or other part first or last mentioned, or otherwise referred to as forming the beginning or as forming the end of the portion comprised in the description or citation. Portions of Acts which have already been specifically repealed, are in some instances included in the repeal in this schedule, in order to preclude henceforth the necessity of looking back to previous Acts. |