The Scottish Local Government Elections Order 2007

Issue of official poll cards and notifications

23.—(1) The returning officer shall as soon as practicable after the issue of the notice of poll send to electors and their proxies an official poll card, an official postal poll card, an official poll card issued to the proxy of an elector and an official postal poll card issued to the proxy of an elector, as appropriate.

(2) An official poll card shall not be sent to a person registered, or to be registered, in pursuance of an overseas elector’s declaration.

(3) An elector’s official poll card or notification shall be sent or delivered to such elector’s qualifying address, and a proxy’s official poll notification to such proxy’s address as shown in the list of proxies.

(4) The official poll card, the official postal poll card, the official poll card issued to the proxy of an elector and the official postal poll card issued to the proxy of an elector shall be in the form set out in Forms 9, 10, 11 and 12 respectively, or a form to the like effect, and shall include–

(a) the name of the council and of the electoral ward to which councillors are to be elected and the number of councillors to be elected for that electoral ward;

(b) the elector’s name, qualifying address and number in the register; and

(c) the date and hours of the poll and the situation of the elector’s polling station.