First year

Armed Forces voting,Standard Note: SN/PC/4276, page 3-4

www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/SN04276.pdf

The Representation of the People Act 1945 had again made temporaryprovision for postal voting by service voters.

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Thesubsequent Representation of the People Act 1948 granted postal votingfacilities to both service personnel and to certain groups of civilians,including those who were physically incapacitated, those unable to vote withoutmaking a journey by sea or air or because of the nature of their occupation,and those who were no longer residing at their qualifying address. All had toprovide an address in the UKto which ballot papers could be sent. Service personnel could, alternatively,vote by proxy if they were likely to be at sea or abroad on polling day.