You are in the Issuing and distributing postal votes section Home … Guidance for Returning Officers administering a Scottish Parliament election … Absent Voting … Issuing and distributing postal votes … Guidance for Returning Officers administering a Scottish Parliament election Print this page | Print full guidance Re-issuing postal ballot packs It is possible to re-issue postal ballot packs in the following circumstances:to replace a spoilt postal ballot paper/papers and/or postal voting statement1 to replace a lost or not received postal ballot pack2 to correct a procedural error3 You will find guidance on the process to be followed for each type of re-issue in the following pages. 1. Paragraph 13, Schedule 4, The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2015 (SPEO 2015) ↩ Back to content at footnote 1 2. Para 14, Schedule 4, SPEO 2015 ↩ Back to content at footnote 2 3. Article 90, SPEO 2015 ↩ Back to content at footnote 3 Last updated: 18 November 2025 Book traversal links for Guidance for Returning Officers administering a Scottish Parliament election Delivering postal ballot packs by post Procedure for re-issuing spoilt postal votes Modal Title