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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-crofting-commission-elections-scotland-regulations-2011/regulation-35",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-crofting-commission-elections-scotland-regulations-2011/regulation-35.json",
  "legislation": "sdsi/2011/9780111015322",
  "legislation_title": "The Crofting Commission (Elections) (Scotland) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-crofting-commission-elections-scotland-regulations-2011",
  "path": "regulation/35",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "35",
  "heading": "How votes are to be given",
  "text": "(1) An elector votes by marking the ballot paper with—\n(a) the number “1” opposite the name of the candidate who is the elector’s first preference (or, as the case may be, the only candidate for whom the elector wishes to vote);\n(b) if the elector wishes, the number “2” opposite the name of the candidate who is the elector’s second preference,\nand so on.\n(2) The elector may mark as many preferences (up to the number of candidates) as the elector wishes.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2011/9780111015322/regulation/35",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:36:55.658804+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}