Guidance for Returning Officers administering a Senedd election

Any nomination forms, consents to nomination or home address forms received at a different email address to those provided in the electronic delivery statement have not been delivered in accordance with the rules.1 Therefore no decision can be taken as to whether the papers are valid.2
 
You should have processes in place for monitoring email address that could be associated with the RO or electoral services to which nomination papers, consent to nomination and home address forms could be sent in error, so that any papers received can be identified quickly and action taken to try to contact the party or the individual candidate.

You should also consider how to make other teams across the council aware that they should contact you as soon as possible if they receive any emails regarding the nomination process.

You should try to contact the Nominating Officer or individual candidate using the details on the nomination form and advise them that the nomination form, consent to nomination and home address forms cannot be accepted unless delivered to the designated email address for the receipt of nomination forms. It is the responsibility of the Nominating Officer or individual candidate to ensure that this is done by the deadline for receipt of nominations.