Guidance for the GLRO administering the GLA elections

The election address must:1

• be delivered to you by the last time allowed to submit nomination papers for the election, i.e. by 4pm on the 24th working day before the poll
• only contain matter relating to the election
• contain a statement to the effect that the address has been prepared by the candidate’s election agent
• give the name and address of the election agent
• be printed on no more than two sides of A5 paper 
• if the address exceeds one side of A5, be accompanied by a second version of the address that must not exceed one side of A5 paper – to be used if the number of candidates requesting to have their election address included in the booklet exceeds2   
• comply with any typographical layout, margin and colour use requirements that you determine
  comply with any other requirements that you determine to facilitate the reproduction of the address as a page or pages of the election booklet 
• if the address is to contain a photograph of the candidate, be accompanied by two identical copies of that photograph, of which one must be signed on the back by the candidate
• be accompanied by such copies of anything contained in the address as you may reasonably require in order to facilitate the reproduction of the address

The election address must not:3

• contain any advertising material other than material promoting the candidate as a candidate at the Mayoral election
• contain any other material appearing to you to be included with a view to commercial gain
• contain any material referring to any other mayoral candidate or to a candidate for election to the Assembly
• contain any material appearing to you to be indecent, obscene or offensive
• contain any material appearing to you to be such that its publication would be likely to amount to the commission of an offence

An election address may (as long as it meets the above requirements including your requirements as to layout and reproduction):4

• be formatted as the candidate wishes, including using any combination of words, pictures and artwork
• include a picture of the candidate
• if they are a party candidate, contain a representation of the registered emblem or one of the registered emblems of the registered political party, where the candidate’s nomination was accompanied by the nomination deadline by a valid certificate of authorisation
• if they are a party candidate, include a registered description or joint description, where the candidate’s nomination was accompanied by the nomination deadline by a valid certificate of authorisation or certificates of authorisation for joint candidates

You must consider whether all of the above requirements have been complied with. If any requirement has not been complied with you must not include that election address in the booklet.5