{"longTitle":"A Bill to enable electors in the precincts of a polling station before the time designated for the closing of the poll to vote; and for connected purposes.","summary":"<p>The Bill would amend Schedule 1 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 to provide that at the close of the poll in a general election, by-election or local government election, electors who were entitled to vote and within the precincts of the polling station would have to be issued with a ballot paper and allowed to vote. </p><p>It would be the responsibility of the Presiding Officer or Returning Officer to determine the limits of the precincts of a particular polling station.</p>","sponsors":[{"member":{"memberId":1581,"name":"Mr Peter Bone","party":"Conservative","partyColour":"0063ba","house":"Commons","memberPhoto":"https://members-api.parliament.uk/api/Members/1581/Thumbnail","memberPage":"https://members.parliament.uk/member/1581/contact","memberFrom":"Wellingborough"},"organisation":null,"sortOrder":1}],"promoters":[],"petitioningPeriod":null,"petitionInformation":null,"agent":null,"billId":730,"shortTitle":"Electoral Law (Amendment) Bill","formerShortTitle":null,"currentHouse":"Commons","originatingHouse":"Commons","lastUpdate":"2012-05-02T10:44:20","billWithdrawn":null,"isDefeated":false,"billTypeId":8,"introducedSessionId":24,"includedSessionIds":[24],"isAct":false,"currentStage":{"id":13556,"stageId":7,"sessionId":24,"description":"2nd reading","abbreviation":"2R","house":"Commons","stageSittings":[],"sortOrder":2}}