Citation 2013 asp 13 Territorial extent Scotland | Introduced by Nicola Sturgeon Royal assent 7 August 2013 | |
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Long title An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about those who are entitled to vote in a referendum on the independence of Scotland, including provision for the establishment of a
register of young voters for the purposes of such a referendum. | ||
The Scottish Independence Referendum (Franchise) Act 2013 is an Act of the Scottish Parliament that, together with the Scottish Independence Referendum Act 2013, enabled the Scottish independence referendum of 2014.
The Act set the scope for the franchise for the referendum, defining those able to vote as those aged 16 or over who were registered as voters either through the existing local government voters' register or a new "young voters" register, and holding an appropriate citizenship (Commonwealth, Irish or EU member state), with the exception of specific groups not eligible to vote in the referendum, such as convicted prisoners, and those excluded from voting at local government elections by other election laws.
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Scottish Independence Referendum (Franchise) Act 2013 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA