Our guidance is separated out into sections, each of which deals with a different part of the process you will be involved with as Nominating Officer, a political party, party list candidate, individual candidate, or agent for the Senedd elections.
To help you navigate this guidance we have produced a Q & A document:
Our guidance sets out the stages that political parties, candidates and their agents need to go through when standing at the Senedd elections. The areas covered are:
Section
What it covers
What you need to know before standing as a candidate
qualifications and disqualifications to stand as a candidate
when you officially become a candidate
Spending for individual candidates
how much individual candidates can spend on their campaigns
reporting campaign spending after the election
Donations for individual candidates
donations that individual candidates can accept
reporting donations after the election
Spending and donations for party list candidates
freepost for the election address
rules around personal expenses
donations as a party member or a holder of elective office (regulated donees)
Campaigning
the rules on publication and display of campaign literature
the rules about campaigning
general principles for campaigning
Nominations for party list candidates
the nomination process and what forms need to be completed
submission of nomination papers
what happens after nomination papers have been submitted
Nominations for individual candidates
the nomination process and what forms you will need to complete
submission of nomination papers
what happens after you have submitted your nomination papers
Postal votes
the process for issuing and opening postal votes
attending postal vote opening sessions
Polling day
polling day processes
attending polling stations
polling day dos and don'ts
Verification and count
what happens at the verification and count
attending the verification and count
collation and declaration of election results
After the election
submitting spending returns and declarations
access to election documentation, including marked registers