The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) had ruled that this restriction was unlawful, but Scottish judge Lord Glennie said that he believed the ECHR judgment would apply only to parliamentary elections.
Evropski sud za ljudska prava ranije je presudio da je to ograničenje nezakonito, no lord Glennie je izneo svoje uverenje da se ta presuda odnosi samo na parlamentarne izbore.