Running electoral registration - Scotland Share on Email Print this page Print full guidance You are in the Carrying out checks of further information to satisfy the eligibility conditions for overseas electors section Running electoral registration - Scotland Special category electors Overseas Electors (Post commencement of Elections Act measures) Carrying out checks of further information to satisfy the eligibility conditions for overseas electors Using local data matching for the purpose of processing overseas elector applications Local data matching can provide you with further information which you can use to make a decision as to whether to allow a new application.Matching against local data allows you to use data sources to:1 inform your decision as whether you are satisfied that an applicant meets either the previously registered or previously resident conditionsverify an applicant’s identityLocal data-matching should only be used if you are satisfied that the data sources available to you can satisfy the requirements of the task. Our guidance on Deciding whether to use local data for verification and Potential data sources for local data matching contains more information about local data matching. 1. Regulation 35, Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001 ↩ Back to content at footnote 1 Last updated: 13 December 2023 Book traversal links for Using local data matching for purposes of processing overseas elector applications Using the results of the automated match against DWP records Requesting further documentary evidence for an overseas elector application