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Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill

If a person who has been taken into hospital requires an emergency postal vote, it is highly unlikely that they will turn up at the polling station because, by definition, they are in hospital. The general point is made. There is a responsibility on the citizen not to vote twice in the same election. I should have thought that that was a well known rule. The other point which seems to be agreed across the Committee is that it is important in this referendum that we use the rules that have been in place for 28’ years. The time may be coming for them to be reviewed, but that will not happen before the referendum. We are safer, in terms of running a smooth referendum campaign, using rules that are tried and tested. Schedule 4 agreed. Schedule 5 : Combination of polls: England Amendment 122DA Schedule 5 : Combination of polls: England Amendment 122DA Moved by