New Clause 2 - Activities of polling agents
Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Bill
5:30 pm
Mr David Amess (Southend West, Conservative)
With this it will be convenient to take the following: New clause 3—Procedure on close of poll—
`(1) Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 1983 (parliamentary elections rules) is amended as follows.
(2) In rule 43 (procedure on close of poll), after paragraph (2), there is inserted—
``(2A) The marked copies of the register of electors and of the list of proxies shall be returned to the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland and shall not be made available to any member of the public.''.'.
New clause 7—General availability of list of persons who have voted—
`(1) Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 1983 (parliamentary election rules) is amended as follows.
(2) After rule 37 there is inserted—
``37A. During the hours of polling the presiding officer shall maintain a list of those persons on the register who have voted and shall make the list available from time to time on request to a relevant candidate, election agent, or polling agent.''.'.