Clause 3 - Absent votes and declarations of identity
Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Bill
5:45 pm
Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate, Conservative)
I need clarification. The Minister said that the amendment would leave a duty on the chief electoral officer to check that the signature on the application corresponds to the signature supplied by the elector. I am not clear whether it would do that. The amendment would change the duty under the Bill to ensure that the chief electoral officer checks the date of birth, but his duty to check the signature would be removed from the Bill. If I have not understood the amendment correctly, I should be delighted to be corrected.