Guidance for Returning Officers administering a Scottish Parliament election

You must publish a notice of situation of polling stations for your constituency. In each case, the notice of the situation of polling stations must set out:1  

• the situation of each polling station
• the description of voters entitled to vote there

The notice may be combined with the constituency statement of persons nominated and notice of poll.

The notice must be given no later than the time of the publication of the constituency statement of persons nominated and notice of poll. This means that if there are no objections to nomination papers, it must be published by no later than 5pm, 23 working days before the poll.2 If there are objections, it must be published by 4pm on the day after the last day for nominations.3

You should have robust proof-checking processes in place to ensure that there are no errors on the notice of situation of polling stations.

You must send a copy of the notice of situation of polling stations and descriptions of voters entitled to vote there to all election agents as soon as practicable after publishing the notice.4

You should also send a copy of the notice to all candidates and agents and also be prepared to make these notices available to any accredited observers on request.