Voting rights

Answer:
Foreign Nationals with Refugee status, lawfully living in Scotland, with Leave to Remain, have the right to vote in national and local elections. Refugees with Indefinite Leave to Remain can also stand for election. You have to register to vote. Asylum Seekers do not have the right to vote in national or local elections in Scotland. Scottish Elections (Franchise and Representation) Act 2020

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The Fight for Scottish Democracy Rebellion and Reform in 1820

Author / Creator: Murray Armstrong

Media type: Book

Date published: 2020

Three Scottish weavers, James Wilson, Andrew Hardie and John Baird, were hanged and beheaded for high treason in the summer of 1820. Nineteen more men were transported to the penal colony of Botany Bay. Their crime? To have taken up arms against a corrupt and nepotistic parliament, and the aristocratic government that refused to reform it.