The Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 (asp 12) is an act of the Scottish Parliament which made several reforms to local government and elections in Scotland.
During the legislative passage, the issue of ballot order effect was discussed.
The legislation allows 14 and 15 year olds to register to vote ahead of actually being able to vote.
The length of the term of the Scottish Parliament elections and Scottish local government elections is set to 5 years under the legislation rather than 4 years as was previously the case. This meant the next Scottish Parliament election after the 2021 Scottish Parliament election.
The legislation introduces flexibility in the number of councillors for a ward so that wards can be represented by 2 or 5 councillors rather than only 3 or 4 councillors.