§ Mr. DAYasked the Secretary of State for War whether he will give particulars of what arrangements are made in order that men of Territorial units, who may be in camp during the time a general election is held, can be registered as absent voters for the constituency in which they are on the voting register?
Mr. COOPERThe normal procedure provides that members of the Territorial Army who are registered as parliamentary electors, and are absent at annual camp at the time of a general election, may either record their votes as absent voters, or obtain leave and vote in person. Those who wish to vote as absent voters are required to send in their applications on an appropriate form to the registration officer, and under this procedure they receive their ballot papers in1334W camp and post them to the returning officer in the usual way. Complete instructions on the matter are issued to all units, and particular attention is drawn to the arrangements by means of posters displayed in drill halls.