Commentary on Sections Schedule 1 — Amendments Tendered ballot papers
446.Paragraph 81 amends rule 40 of the Parliamentary Election Rules concerning tendered ballot papers. Paragraph 81(2) inserts a new paragraph (1ZF) into rule 40 which provides that in Northern Ireland persons in polling stations are entitled to receive a tendered ballot paper if they are refused a ballot paper as a consequence of giving an unsatisfactory answer to the date of birth question which may be put to voters in Northern Ireland under provisions in rule 35 of the Parliamentary Election Rules. Paragraph 81(3) amends rule 40(3) to require persons who have been issued with a tendered ballot paper under rule 40 to sign the tendered votes list.