Guidance for Returning Officers administering a Senedd election

Polling and counting agents

The election agent of each political party and any individual candidate standing nominated can appoint agents to observe the poll and the verification and count.1

Postal vote agents

The election agent of each political party and any individual candidate standing nominated at the election can appoint agents to observe the postal vote opening.2

Requirement of secrecy

You are responsible for receiving the notifications of appointment of these agents and you must ensure that all appointed agents are given a copy of the relevant secrecy requirements for the opening of postal votes,3 the poll,4 and the count.5

You can find secrecy requirements in the agents section of our resource page. 

You should ensure that political parties, individual candidates and agents are reminded of the procedure for appointing such agents and the deadline that applies for the notification of such appointments.