§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what provision exists for public access to the marked electoral registers used by presiding officers in parliamentary and local elections; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggUnder the appropriate elections rules, the marked copies of the registers used by presiding officers at a parliamentary or local government election are open to public inspection, on payment of a fee, after the close of the poll at such time and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, though not on the day of the poll itself. Also a candidate, his appointed election agent or polling agent may, within the polling station, mark on his own copy of the register the name of each elector who receives a ballot paper.