Election type

Representation of the People Act 1995

25. Where a person is entitled to vote at an election - [...]

(b) he may do so by post, if his application under section 26 to be treated as an absent voter has been allowed; or

(c) he may do so by proxy, if he has applied under section 27 to vote by proxy, unless he applies at the polling station allotted to him under the election rules for a ballot paper for thepurpose of voting in person before a ballot paper has been issued for him tovote by proxy.

26. (1) A person who is or will be entitled to vote at an election may apply to the returning officer of the constituency in which that person seeks to exercise his or her vote to be treated as an absent voter. [...]

(3) An application to be treated as an absent voter shall include-

(a) an address in the Island or elsewhere to which a ballot paper is to be sent for thepurpose of the election; [...]

27. (1) A person who is or will be entitled to vote at an election (an 'elector') may apply to the registration officer for the appointment of a person named in the application as a proxy to vote for him atthat election. [...]

(4) An application under subsection (1) shall be allowed by the registration officer if he is satisfied, by such evidence as may be prescribed-

(a) that the elector is likely to be absent from the Island on the date of the poll in any election within the period specified inthe application, [...]

Local Elections Act 1986

Schedule 1

Provisions of 1995 Act Applicable to Local Elections

Only Article 26 of Representation of the People Act 1995 is applicable; Article 27 (Proxy votes) is not applicable.