European Parliament Elections Act, 1997

Manner of voting.

9.—(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), a person who is entitled to vote at a European election shall be entitled to vote in person only and at the polling station allotted to him or her, or, in case the person is authorised under rule 60 or 61 of the Second Schedule by a local returning officer, at the polling station specified in the authorisation.

(2) Every European elector whose name is, at the time of a European election, in the postal voters list for a county or county borough or any part thereof situate in a constituency shall be entitled to vote in that constituency at the poll at such election by sending the ballot paper by post to the local returning officer for that county or county borough and shall not be entitled to vote in any other manner.

(3) Every European elector whose name is, at the time of a European election, in the special voters list for a county or county borough or any part thereof situate in a constituency shall be entitled to vote in that constituency at the poll at such election in accordance with rule 45 of the Second Schedule and shall not be entitled to vote in any other manner.