ELECTORAL ACT (as amended at 24th January 2008) the Chief Elections Officer shall issue to him or her a postal ballot paper in the manner provided in this section. (2) A postal ballot paper shall be in the same form as and indistinguishable from the ballot papers delivered to voters at the polling stations. (3) The Chief Elections Officer shall enter or cause to be marked upon the prescribed form of declaration of identity the number of the ballot paper issued to the applicant. (4) The Chief Elections Officer shall then place in an envelope addressed to the applicant at the address to which he or she has, in his or her application for the postal ballot paper, requested that the ballot paper be sent— (a) the ballot paper; and (b) the form of declaration of identity; and (c) an envelope addressed to the constituency elections officer; and (d) a smaller envelope marked “Ballot Paper Envelope” bearing the number of the ballot paper. (5) The Chief Elections Officer shall then effectively close the envelope addressed to the applicant and— (a) deliver it to the nearest post office for registration and dispatch; or (b) hand it to the applicant upon signature by the applicant of a receipt therefor; and the Chief Elections Officer shall keep the receipt signed by the applicant or the receipt for such registration, as the case may be: Provided that, where the applicant is a member of a disciplined force and is prevented from voting at a polling station on any polling day by reason of his or her duties as such a member, the Chief Elections Officer may send or deliver the envelope addressed to the applicant to the commanding officer of the applicant or his or her deputy. 73 Refusal of application for postal ballot paper If the Chief Elections Officer is not satisfied in accordance with subsection (1) of section seventy-two in regard to an application received by him or her, he or she shall send the applicant notice that he or she is not so satisfied and that the applicant must attend personally at a polling station to record his or her vote. 74 Recipients of postal ballot papers not entitled to vote at polling stations (1) A voter to whom a postal ballot paper has been issued shall only vote by means of such ballot and shall not be entitled to vote at a polling station in the constituency in which he or she is registered. (2) The Chief Elections Officer may, if he or she considers it desirable, before the polling day or first polling day, as the case may be, send to the presiding officer of every polling station in the constituency a list of persons to whom postal ballot papers have been issued. 75 Voting by post (1) The following directions for voting by post shall be substantially observed by every person to whom a postal ballot paper has been issued— - 56 -