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Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1972
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Amendment of Electoral Act, 1923.

1.—The Electoral Act, 1923 , is hereby amended by—

(a) the deletion of “and such number shall be marked on the counterfoil,” from Rule 3 (2) of the Fourth Schedule, as amended by section 29 of the Electoral Act, 1963 ;

(b) the deletion of “bearing the number of the ballot paper” from Rule 3 (4) of the Fourth Schedule;

(c) the substitution of “and examine the receipt” for “, examine the receipt and compare the number thereon with the number on the ballot paper envelope” in Rule 6 (3) of the Fourth Schedule, as amended by section 8 (2) of the Electoral Act, 1960 ;

(d) the deletion of “numbers agree and the” from Rule 6 (4) of the Fourth Schedule, as amended by the said section 8 (2);

(e) the deletion of “and the numbers thereon agree” from Rule 6 (10) of the Fourth Schedule, as amended by the said section 8 (2);

(f) the substitution of the following new rule for Rule 8 of the Fourth Schedule—

“8. When the covering envelopes in any postal voters ballot box have been opened and their contents dealt with under the two preceding Rules, the returning officer shall open each unopened ballot paper envelope and place the ballot paper in a ballot box previously shown and sealed in the manner provided in Rule 4 of this Schedule which shall be subsequently treated as a ballot box for the purpose of Rule 32 of Part 1 of the Fifth Schedule to this Act.”;

(g) the deletion of “and the number of such elector shall be marked on the counterfoil,” from Rule 22 of Part 1 of the Fifth Schedule, as amended by section 29 of the Electoral Act, 1963 ;

(h) the deletion of “until he has been proved to have voted, and his vote has been declared by a competent court to be invalid” from Rule 39 of Part 1 of the Fifth Schedule;

(i) the deletion from Rule 41 of Part 1 of the Fifth Schedule of all the words from “The production from” to the end of the rule;

(j) the substitution of the following form for form 5A in Part III of the Fifth Schedule (inserted therein by section 16 of the Electoral Act, 1963 ):

“5A

FORM OF BALLOT PAPER.

(Front of Paper)

Counterfoil No.

Marcáil ord do rogha sna spáis seo síos.

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Mark order of preference in spaces below.

Official Mark.

DOYLE—WORKERS PARTY.

(James Doyle, of 10 High Street, Builder.)

LYNCH—DEMOCRATS.

(Jane Ellen Lynch, of 12 Main Street, Grocer.)

O'BRIAIN—CUMANN NA SAORÁNACH.

(Séamus O'Briain, ó 10 An tSráid Ard, Oide Scoile.)

O'BRIEN, EAMON (BARRISTER)—NON-PARTY.

(Eamon O'Brien, of 22 Wellclose Place, Barrister.)

O'BRIEN, EAMON (SOLICITOR)—YOUNG IRELAND.

(Eamon O'Brien, of 102 Eaton Brae, Ranelagh, Solicitor.)

O'CONNOR—NATIONAL LEAGUE.

(Charles O'Connor, of 7 Green Street, Gentleman.)

THOMPSON—FARMERS PARTY.

(William Henry Thompson, of Dereen Park, Farmer.)

TREORACHA.

INSTRUCTIONS.

I. Féach chuige go bhfuil an marc oifigiúil ar an bpáipéar.

I. See that the official mark is on the paper.

II. Scríobh an figiúr 1 le hais ainm an chéad iarrthóra is rogha leat, an figiúr 2 le hais do dhara rogha, agus mar sin de.

II. Write 1 beside the name of the candidate of your first choice, 2 beside your second choice, and so on.

III. Fill an páipéar ionas nach bhfeicfear do vóta. Taispeáin cúl an pháipéir don oifigeach ceannais, agus cuir sa bhosca ballóide é.

III. Fold the paper to conceal your vote. Show the back of the paper to the presiding officer and put it in the ballot box.

(Back of Paper)

No..........

Election for Constituency of..........”; and

(k) the deletion of Rules 3 (3), 6 (6) and 6 (7) of the Fourth Schedule.