Running electoral registration - Scotland

You can disallow an objection without the need for a hearing, where:1  

• the objector was not entitled to object, for example, they were not a registered elector in your area
• the objection was clearly without merit
• the matter has already been settled by a court
• the particulars given in the objection do not entitle it to succeed

Examples of objections that are clearly without merit or where the particulars given will not succeed are:

• objections based on the nationality of a person where it is an eligible nationality 
• where the objector believes that the elector does not own the property they live in and should therefore not be registered

If you reject an objection, you must inform the objector of this, setting out your reasons. The objector may require a hearing within three days of your decision to reject it.2  

The objector must be a registered elector in the local authority area, but does not need to be in the same ward.3 If an objection is disallowed because the objector was not entitled to object you must inform the objector.