THE 2021 elections will be very important in many ways, but even more so for me as it will be the first time that I will have the right to vote in devolved elections in Scotland. Since the Scottish Government in 2019 approved the extension of the voting franchise to all legal residents of the country, I have been wondering if the population and the political parties themselves understand the kind of change this will bring for the country’s sociopolitical configuration. According to the Scottish Government: “The Scottish Elections (Franchise and Representation) Bill will benefit around 55,000 people and also reaffirms the existing voting rights of European Union and Commonwealth citizens.” Before the law was passed, only British, Commonwealth or EU citizens had the right to vote.