344   Voting if name already marked on roll

(1)  If an elector claims to vote at a polling place, but the roll of electors has already been marked to show that the elector has received an ordinary, postal or pre-poll ballot-paper, the elector is to be given a ballot-paper if he or she answers the questions set out in clause 339 (4) in the manner specified in clause 339 (5) and a declaration has been completed in Form 13.

(2)  The elector, after marking his or her ballot-paper, is to fold it and deliver it to an election official.

(3)  The official is (in the presence of the elector) to enclose the folded ballot-paper (without unfolding it) in an envelope bearing (or containing) the declaration of the elector required by this clause, and seal the envelope. The official is then to put the envelope in the ballot-box.

(4)  The official is to enter on a list of tendered votes kept at the polling place the giving of a ballot-paper to the elector under this clause.

Note. See clause 387 as to spoilt ballot-papers and clause 388 as to the assistance of electors.