AI-assisted research summary: This amendment changes election administration rules for ballot papers, electoral registers, and counting-station wording.
Elections (Jersey) Amendment N o. 2 Law 2026 Contents Article 1 Elections (Jersey) Law 2002 amended . 2 2 Article 1 (interpretation) amended . 2 3 Article 24 (ballot papers) amended . 2 4 Article 31 (start of polling) amended . 2 5 Article 40A (provision of copy of register and ballot papers to Judicial Greffier) substituted 3 6 Article 47 (designation of counting stations) amended . 3 7 Citation and commencement 3 Elections (Jersey) Amendment N o. 2 Law 2026 A LAW to amend the Elections (Jersey) Law 2002 . Adopted by the States 21 January 2026 Sanctioned by Order of His Majesty in Council 10 March 2026 Registered by the Royal Court 13 March 2026 Coming into force 20 March 2026 THE STATES , subject to the sanction of His Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have adopted the following Law – 1 Elections (Jersey) Law 2002 amended This Law amends the Elections (Jersey) Law 2002 . 2 Article 1 (interpretation) amended In Article 1, for the definition “counting station” there is substituted – “ counting station ” means a place designated under Article 47 as the location, or 1 of the locations, for the count of votes in an election; 3 Article 24 (ballot papers) amended For Article 24(3) there is substituted – ( 3 ) If the poll is for a parish election, the electoral administrator for the parish in which the poll is to be held must arrange for a sufficient number of ballot papers for the election to be printed. ( 3AA ) If the poll is for a public election, the Judicial Greffier must arrange for a sufficient number of ballot papers for the election to be printed. 4 Article 31 (start of polling) amended ( 1 ) This Article amends Article 31. ( 2 ) In paragraph (1) – ( a ) for “electoral administrator for a parish” there is substituted “relevant person”; ( b ) for “in the parish” there is substituted “in the constituency”. ( 3 ) After paragraph (1) there is inserted – ( 1A ) For the purposes of paragraph (1), “relevant person” means – ( a ) in relation to a poll for a parish election, the electoral administrator for the parish in which the poll is to be held; ( b ) in relation to a poll for a public election, the Judicial Greffier . 5 Article 40A (provision of copy of register and ballot papers to Judicial Greffier ) substituted For Article 40A there is substituted – 40A Provision of copy of register to Judicial Greffier ( 1 ) The electoral administrator for a constituency in relation to a public election must, for the purposes of facilitating pre-poll and postal voting in the election, provide to the Judicial Greffier a copy of the electoral register in force for the election. ( 2 ) In paragraph (1), the reference to the electoral administrator for a constituency is a reference to the electoral administrator for a parish that alone, with other parishes, or in part, comprises the constituency. 6 Article 47 (designation of counting stations) amended ( 1 ) This Article amends Article 47. ( 2 ) Paragraph (1) is deleted. ( 3 ) In paragraph (2) – ( a ) “and 2 or more polling stations in the electoral district,” is deleted; (b) for “one or more of the polling stations in the electoral district as locations” there is substituted “at least 1 place in the relevant parish as a location” . ( 4 ) In paragraph (3), for “one or more of the polling stations in those electoral districts as locations” there is substituted “at least 1 place in at least 1 relevant parish as a location”. ( 5 ) In paragraph (4), for “1 or more of the polling stations in the electoral districts in the parish as locations” there is substituted “at least 1 place in the parish as a location”. ( 6 ) In paragraph (5), for “the parish that is the electoral district or in which the electoral district is located ” there is substituted “the relevant parish”. ( 7 ) After paragraph (7) there is inserted – (8) In this Article, “relevant parish”, in relation to an electoral district, means the parish that is the electoral district or in which the electoral district is located. 7 Citation and commencement This Law may be cited as the Elections (Jersey) Amendment No. 2 Law 2026 and comes into force 7 days after it is registered.