Each local RO must verify the ballot paper accounts for their area and draw up a statement as to the result of the verification.1
Each local RO must inform the CARO/CCARO of the contents of their verification statement.2
You should collate all the verification figures for the combined authority area to produce a total number of the ballot papers going forward to the count for the whole combined authority or combined county authority area.3
Where the votes are to be counted at a different place to where the verification took place you can direct local ROs to carry out further specified verification procedures in relation to the ballot papers and documents relating to the combined authority mayoral election.4
1. Rule 47, Schedule 1, Combined Authorities Mayoral Rules 2017 (CAM Rules 2017); rule 47, Combined Authorities Mayoral Combination Rules 2017; rule 45, Principal Areas Combination Rules 2006; rule 45, Parishes and Communities Rules 2006 and rule 47, Local Authorities Mayoral Rules 2007↩ Back to content at footnote 1