Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947

Provision of polling stations, ballot boxes, &c.

7 In the case of an election of a county councillor or of town councillors the returning officer shall—

(a) provide a sufficient number of polling stations for the electors and allot the electors to the polling stations in such manner as he thinks most convenient, so however that it shall not be necessary that a polling station for an electoral division or a ward of a burgh or a polling district be within the division, ward or district, as the case may be;

(b) appoint a presiding officer to preside at each polling station, and such other officers (including polling clerks) as may be necessary for taking the poll and counting the votes;

(c) furnish each polling station with such number of compartments as may be necessary in which the electors can mark their votes screened from observation;

(d) furnish each presiding officer with such number of ballot boxes and ballot papers as in the opinion of the returning officer may be necessary;

(e) provide each polling station with materials to enable electors to mark the ballot papers, with instruments for stamping thereon the official mark, with copies of the register of electors for the electoral division, burgh or ward, as the case may be, or such part thereof as contains the names of the electors allotted to vote at the polling station, and with copies of forms of declarations and other documents required for the purposes of the poll;

(f) do such other acts and things as may be necessary for effectually conducting the election in manner provided by this Schedule.

8 One or more polling stations may be provided in the same building or in the same room.

9 A notice, in the form contained in Part V of this Schedule or in a form substantially to the like effect giving directions for the guidance of electors in voting, shall be exhibited outside every polling station, and in every compartment in the polling station.