Each candidate at a PCC election may provide an election address to the PARO for publication on a website provided by the Minister. A candidate’s election address must be prepared by their election agent and submitted to you on a form prescribed in law by a deadline set by you.1
You must, as soon as reasonably practicable after the publication of the notice of election, give public notice of the deadline for the submission of election addresses to you.2
In order to ensure that all candidates have the same experience and are working to the same deadlines regardless of which police area they are standing in, PAROs at previous scheduled polls have agreed to set the deadline for submission of election addresses as 12 noon on the last day for nominations. This deadline is reflected in our guidance for candidates and agents.
You should encourage candidates and agents to formally submit the address to you as early as possible in order to allow time for it to be returned to the agent if amendments or corrections are required and for it to be resubmitted by the deadline for submissions. You should acknowledge receipt of a candidate’s address to provide a clear audit trail.