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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-local-government-elections-rules-2002/schedule-2/paragraph-28",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2002/457",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Local Government Elections Rules 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-local-government-elections-rules-2002",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/28",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "28",
  "heading": "Questions to be put to voters",
  "text": "(1) The presiding officer may, and if required by a candidate or such candidate’s election or polling agent shall, put to any person applying for a ballot paper at the time of such person’s application, but not afterwards, the following questions or either of them:–\n(a) in the case of a person applying as an elector–\n(i) “Are you the person registered in the register of local government electors for this election as follows?” (read the whole entry from the register.);\n(ii) “Have you already voted at this election [adding, in the case of an election for more than one electoral ward, in this or any other electoral ward] otherwise than as proxy for some other person?”;\n(b) in the case of a person applying as proxy–\n(i) “Are you the person whose name appears as A.B. in the list of proxies for this election as entitled to vote as proxy on behalf of C.D.?”;\n(ii) “Have you already voted at this election [adding, in the case of an election for more than one electoral ward, in this or any other electoral ward] as proxy on behalf of C.D.?”.\n(2) In the case of a person applying as proxy, the presiding officer may, and if required as mentioned above shall, put the following additional question:–\n“Are you the husband [wife], parent, grandparent, brother [sister], child or grandchild of C.D.?”,\nand if that question is not answered in the affirmative the following question:–\n“Have you already voted at this election [adding, in the case of an election for more than one electoral ward, in this or any other electoral ward] on behalf of two persons of whom you are not the husband [wife], parent, grandparent, brother [sister], child or grandchild?”.\n(3) a ballot paper shall not be delivered to any person required to answer the above questions or any of them unless such person has answered the questions or question satisfactorily.\n(4) Save as by this rule authorised, no inquiry shall be permitted as to the right of any person to vote.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2005/572",
      "affecting_title": "The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Modification of Subordinate Legislation) Order 2005"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2005/572",
      "affecting_title": "The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Modification of Subordinate Legislation) Order 2005"
    },
    {
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      "affecting": "uksi/2002/2779",
      "affecting_title": "The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2002"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2002/457/schedule/2/paragraph/28",
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  "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."
}