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 clearly accepted the postal system as a satisfactory way of issuing te ballot papers.
Judges:
Tuckey, Sedley, Wall LJJ
Citations:
Times 05-Feb-2004, [2004] EWCA Civ 68, [2004] 1 WLR 1653
Links:
Statutes:
Local Elections (Principal Area) Rules 1986
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Appeal from – Knight v Nicholls and Another QBD 19-Dec-2003
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. . .
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Updated: 17 September 2022; Ref: scu.431562