Usually everyone over the age of eighteen can vote. People make their choice on a ballot paper. Then they fold the ballot paper and put it in a ballot box. No one can see how you vote. Try filling out the ballot paper on the next page.
Elections usually take place every four or five years.
There is a special one in Scotland this year on May 6th. The people of Scotland are getting the chance to decide who will be in charge of Scotland for the next four years. It's the first time in nearly three hundred years that people in Scotland will be able to elect a Scottish Parliament to take decisions on their behalf. Try putting your choice in the ballot paper below. Green Conservative Brown Labour Blewitt Liberal Democrat Redfern Scottish National Party Pinkerton Green Party Counting the votes When everyone has voted, all the ballot boxes are opened up, and all the votes are counted up.