Dispatch of Ballot papers to Electors

(a) Twenty one days before the date fixed for the receipt of ballot paper under rule 5(4), the Returning officer shall dispatch to every elector by post under certificate of posting: - One ballot paper in Form 12 duly signed by him; - A smaller blank cover with the words "Ballot Paper" printed thereon; and - a large cover addressed to himself in Form 13. (b) The Returning Officer shall make a mark in one copy of the electoral roll against the name of every elector to whom a ballot paper and covers have been dispatched. The marked copy of the electoral roll and the counterfoils of the ballot papers sent shall be sealed in a packet immediately after the date fixed for receipt of ballot papers under rule 5(4).