Voting card for George Douglas Brush, reverse
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- P. 37.
REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT, 1918.
You are about to be registered as a Parliamentary elector
for the constituency and for the qualifying address mentioned
on the other side in the first Register of Electors under
the above Act. Your name will be included in the list of
Absent Voters. Absent Voters will ordinarily record their
votes by post on ballot papers which will be sent to the at
the time of an election ; but an absent voter, who, in con-
nection with the war, is serving or about to serve afloat or
in any area on land abroad in which voting by proxy is
permitted, or who is a merchant seaman, pilot or fisherman,
is entitled to appoint a proxy to vote for him.
The areas on land abroad in wich proxy voting is per-
mitted include all areas outside the British Islands except
France and Belgium. If you are serving or about to serve
either afloat or in any country abroad except France or
Belgium and desire to appoint a proxy, you are recom-
mended to make the appointment without delay. A form
for the purpose, together with instructions, can be obtained
by a man in the Forces from his ship, establishment, or
O.C. unit ; in the case of merchant seamen, from the British
Consulate at the principal ports abroad ; or in the case of
persons engared on recognised war work through the body
or association under which they are serving. Forms can
also be obtained from the Registration Officers.
Other absent voters, including naval or military voters
who are serving in the British Islands or in France or
Belgium, are not entitled to appoint proxies, but, on an
election occurring, ballot papers will be sent by post to them
addressed to the ships or units in which they are recorded
as serving, or in the case of persons not in the Forces, to the
address recoded by the Registration Officer. Every effort
will be made by the postal authorities to secure that the
ballot papers shall reach the voters in time to enable them
to record their votes and return them so as to reach the
Returning Officer before the time at wich the votes are to
be counted. Instructions as to voting will accompany the
ballot papers. If, having appointed a proxy, you are sub-
sequently transferred to the United Kingdom or to France
or Belgium, and wish to vote by post, you must cancel the
appointment of your proxy by filling up a form which you
can obtain for the purpose from the Registration Officer
whose name and address are given overleaf.
In any communication to the Registration Officer please
quote the constituency, the polling district letter and
the qualifying address shown overleaf.
This card should be retained by you.
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