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How To Vote Green on May 7th

On Thursday May 7th Vote Scottish Greens on your regional, peach coloured, ballot paper to stop Reform. This page will walk you through how to maximise your vote and help return a record number of Green MSPs.

How can I vote?

Go to your polling station on polling day, Thursday May 7th.

Polling stations across Scotland are open from 7am to 10pm on polling day.

You do not need to bring your polling card or ID in order to vote. If you have a postal ballot you did not post, you can hand it into your polling station on the 7th of May.

How do I maximise my Green vote?

In Scotland, the electoral system used for the Scottish Parliament is called the Additional Member System. In this election, you get two different coloured ballot papers.

Your purple ballot is for a constituency MSP. To win a constituency, a candidate must receive the most votes (a first-past-the-post system).

The list of constituencies Scottish Greens are standing in is available here.

Your peach ballot paper is for the regional list. Every region elects seven regional MSPs by proportional representation, making the overall result more fair.

The Scottish Greens are standing in every region, so on your peach ballot paper, put an X next to the Scottish Greens. If many parties are standing in your region you may have to unfold your ballot to find the Scottish Greens.

Remember: look for the Scottish Greens logo before you vote.