The returning officer had done what he could by sending out voting forms by post. It was not his fault if some were not delivered. The rules required them to be sent.
Citations:
Times 29-Jan-2004
Statutes:
Local Elections (Principal Area) Rules 1986 (1986 No 2214) 19 76(2)
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Appeal from – Knight v Nicholls and Another CA 29-Jan-2004
The complainant said that in posting the postal voting forms, the returning officer had failed to ‘issue’ the ballot papers as required by the regulations.
Held: The word ‘issue’ did not mean the same as succesfully deliver. The regulations . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Elections
Updated: 16 September 2022; Ref: scu.194068