S.I. No. 115/1972 - Forms (Dáil Elections, Presidential Elections and Referenda) (Amendment) Regulations, 1972.

1. Put the ballot paper into the small envelope (marked "Ballot Paper Envelope") and close it.

2. Put the ballot paper envelope TOGETHER WITH THE COMPLETED RECEIPT into the large envelope addressed to the Returning Officer. Close it.

3. Post it at once or your vote may be too late to be counted.

THE BALLOT PAPER MUST BE

POSTED

AND CANNOT BE HANDED TO THE RETURNING OFFICER.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government this 28th day of April, 1972.

ROBERT MOLLOY,

Minister for Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These regulations amend the Forms (Dáil Elections, Presidential Elections and Referenda) Regulations, 1963, by prescribing new forms of ballot paper receipt and ballot paper envelope for use by postal voters at Dáil and Presidential Elections and Referenda.

The new forms do not provide for the insertion of the serial number of the ballot paper.

The Minister for Local Government in exercise of the powers conferred on him by

section 21

of the

Electoral Act, 1923

(No. 12 of 1923), rule 3 (4) of the Fourth Schedule to the said Act,

sections 4

and

29

of the

Presidential Elections Act, 1937

(No. 32 of 1937) and

sections 3

and

20

of the

Referendum Act, 1942

(No. 8 of 1942) hereby makes the following Regulations:—