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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-2002/schedule-2/paragraph-47",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/2779",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2002",
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  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/47",
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  "number": "47",
  "heading": "Votes marked by presiding officer",
  "text": "(1) The presiding officer on the application of a voter–\n(a) who is incapacitated by blindness or other physical cause from voting in a manner directed by these Rules; or\n(b) who declares orally that he is unable to read,\nshall, in the presence of the polling agents, cause the voter’s vote to be marked on a ballot paper in a manner directed by the voter, and the ballot paper to be placed in the ballot box.\n(2) The name and number on the register of electors of every voter whose vote is marked in pursuance of this paragraph, and the reason why it is so marked, shall be entered on a list (in these Rules referred to as “the list of votes marked by the presiding officer”).\n(3) In the case of a person voting as proxy for an elector, the number to be entered together with the voter’s name shall be the elector’s number.\n(4) At a Scottish parliamentary general election, the same list of votes marked by the presiding officer may be used for votes marked on constituency ballot papers and votes marked on regional ballot papers and where it is so used, an entry in that list shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be taken to mean that each such ballot paper was so marked.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "affecting": "uksi/2005/2114",
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      "affecting_title": "The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Order 2005"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}