# The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2007, Paragraph 27: The ballot paper: constituency candidates


(1) The ballot of every voter at a poll for the return of a constituency member shall consist of a ballot paper (referred to in these Rules as a “constituency ballot paper”).
(2) The persons shown in the statement required by rule 19 and no others, shall be entitled to have their names inserted in the constituency ballot paper.
(3) Every constituency ballot paper shall be in the form J set out in the Appendix, and shall be printed in accordance with the directions in that form, and–
(a) shall contain the names and descriptions (but not the addresses) of the candidates as shown in the statement required by rule 19; and
(b) shall have a number and unique identifying mark printed on the back.
(4) The order of the names in the constituency ballot paper shall be the same as in the statement required by rule 19.
(5) If a candidate who is the subject of a certificate under rule 8(1) so requests, the ballot paper shall also contain, to the right of that candidate’s particulars, the party’s registered emblem (or, as the case may be, one of the party’s registered emblems).
(6) The request must–
(a) be made in writing to the constituency returning officer; and
(b) be received by him during the period for delivery of nomination papers set out in the Table in rule 1(1).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2007/9780110717494/schedule/2/paragraph/27 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-2007/schedule-2/paragraph-27
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