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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/2779",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-2002",
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  "number": "34",
  "heading": "Postal ballot papers",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, the constituency returning officer shall as soon as practicable send to those entitled to vote by post, at the address shown in the absent voters list or, in the case of a person entitled to vote by post as proxy, at the address shown in the list kept under article 12(7), a ballot paper and a declaration of identity in the form L set out in the Appendix together with an envelope for their return.\n(2) In the case of a person who is entitled to a postal constituency vote and a postal regional vote, the reference in paragraph (1) above to “a ballot paper” shall be construed as a reference to a constituency ballot paper and a regional ballot paper.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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."
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