{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-scottish-local-government-elections-order-2007/schedule-2/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-scottish-local-government-elections-order-2007/schedule-2/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "sdsi/2007/0110714245",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Local Government Elections Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-scottish-local-government-elections-order-2007",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "For paragraph (5) of rule 24 (equipment of polling stations) there shall be substituted the following paragraph–\n“(5) The following notice shall be printed in conspicuous characters and a graphical format and be exhibited inside and outside every polling station and in every compartment of every polling station–\n*PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION\n([Specify colour] ballot paper)\nVote for one candidate only.\n[Specify name of council.] COUNCIL ELECTION\n([Specify colour] ballot paper)\nInstead of using a cross, number the candidates in the order of your choice. Put the number 1 in the box next to the name of the candidate who is your first choice, 2 in the box next to your second choice, 3 in the box next to your third choice, 4 in the box next to your fourth choice.\n*EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION\n([Specify colour] ballot paper)\nVote for one candidate only.\nPUT NO OTHER MARK ON THE BALLOT PAPERS, OR YOUR VOTE MAY NOT COUNT.\n*Delete as necessary.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2007/0110714245/schedule/2/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:39:15.265338+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."
}