(3) Every nomination paper shall, before 12 noon on the last day fixed for the receipt of nomination papers, be delivered by post or otherwise to the Returning Officer, General Nursing Council for England and Wales, P.O. Box 803, 23 , Portland Place , London , W.1 , and shall be accompanied by a declaration in writing, signed by the person nominated, in the form marked C in the Appendix to this Scheme or to the like effect, acknowledging that such person consents to be nominated.
Every nomination paper in respect of which any requirement of this Scheme has not been complied with, or which is not received by the Returning Officer before 12 noon on the last day fixed for the receipt of nomination papers, shall be invalid. Provided that no misnomer or inaccurate or incomplete description of any person or place named in any nomination paper shall invalidate that paper if, in the opinion of the Returning Officer, the description of the person or place is such as to be commonly understood.
(4) As soon as possible after the time fixed for the receipt of nomination papers has expired, the Returning Officer shall publish at the offices of the Council a list of the duly nominated candidates and on the same day shall send a copy of this list by registered post to each of them. Before 12 noon on the 7th day from the date of publication of the list, a candidate may withdraw from the poll by delivering by post or otherwise to the Returning Officer a written notice of withdrawal and on receipt thereof the Returning Officer shall expunge the name of such candidate from the list. No notice of withdrawal received after 12 noon on the 7th day shall be valid.
6. The election of the 2 registered mental nurses shall be conducted as follows:—
(1) If the number of duly nominated candidates does not exceed 2, the Returning Officer shall forthwith declare such candidate or candidates to be elected.
(2) If the number of duly nominated candidates exceeds 2, the Returning Officer shall cause ballot papers and identification envelopes to be prepared. Ballot papers shall contain the names, addresses and registered qualification or qualifications of all the persons who have been nominated, and whose names have not been expunged from the list, and shall state the last day on which ballot papers may be received, and the place to which they are to be returned . The identification envelope shall bear a declaration of identity.
Ballot papers and identification envelopes shall be, as nearly as may be, in the forms marked D and E in the Appendix to this Scheme.
(3) The Returning Officer shall, 21 clear days at least before the last day fixed for the receipt of ballot papers, cause a ballot paper to be forwarded by post to each person qualified to vote in the election at her registered address, together with an identification envelope. Each elector shall be entitled to receive 1 ballot paper and 1 identification envelope, and no more, and votes shall not be given except upon the ballot papers provided by the Returning Officer.
(4) Each elector shall mark the ballot paper delivered to her with a X against the name or names of the person or persons (not exceeding 2), for whom she votes, and shall place her ballot paper in the identification envelope, and securely fasten the same. The elector shall sign the declaration printed on the said envelope, place it inside a covering envelope, and send it by post or otherwise to the Returning Officer at the above-named address. Every ballot paper in respect of which any requirement of this Scheme has not been complied with, or on which the elector has placed any mark whereby she may be afterwards identified, or which is not received by the Returning Officer before 12 noon on the last day fixed for the receipt of ballot papers, shall be invalid.
