# The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2007, Paragraph 12: Rule 47 (votes marked by presiding officer)


At the end of rule 47 there shall be added–
“(6) Where the poll at a Scottish parliamentary election is taken together with a poll at a local government election the same list of votes marked by the presiding officer may be used for each election and, where it is so used, an entry in that list shall be taken to mean that the ballot papers were so marked in respect of each election, unless the list identifies the election at which the ballot paper was so marked.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2007/9780110717494/schedule/5/paragraph/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-2007/schedule-5/paragraph-12
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