Determining a nomination to be invalid - Mayor of London election
By law, the only grounds that you have for determining that a mayoral nomination form is invalid are:1
that the particulars of the candidate or the persons subscribing the nomination form are not as required by law, or
that the form is not subscribed as required
that the description used is not authorised by a certificate signed by or on behalf of the party’s Nominating Officer, or the description is not registered with the Commission2
that the person is subject to a disqualification order under section 30 of the Elections Act 20223
If in your opinion a nomination does not comply with the description rules, you must give decision to that effect as soon as soon as practicable after the delivery of the nomination form and, in any event, no later than 24 hours after the deadline for delivery of nomination papers.
The home address from must be completed in full and must contain a signature if the candidate completes the statement requiring their home address not to be made public. You must determine that the home address form is invalid if it does not comply with legal requirements.
If you have not received the required deposit or any of the required nomination papers by the deadline for the submission of nomination papers, the candidate has not been validly nominated.4
There is then no need to make a formal determination, and their name should not appear on the relevant statement of persons nominated.
Returning deposits to candidates who have withdrawn or died
Where a candidate is not shown as standing nominated in the statement of persons nominated or if proof of the candidate’s death has been given to you before the calculation of the votes, the deposit must be returned as soon as practicable after the publication of the statement of persons nominated or after the candidates death (as appropriate), to the person who made the deposit or their personal representative.5