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Election Fraud Reported In Scotland’s Independence Vote

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Election fraud has been reported in the just concluded referendum held in Scotland over its independence.

On Thursday, September 18, 2014, Scottish people voted to remain under the United Kingdom in a hotly contested election that has impassioned the country.

However, some voters in Scotland turned up at polling stations to find that people had already voted using their names, according to the Daily Mail UK.

Authorities have confirmed that there had been 10 instances where people had gone to vote and found their names had already been crossed off the list.

“We’ve had a number of suggestions across the course of the day that people have turned up at the polling station to vote and they appear to have voted already,” spokesperson of the Glasgow City Council, Colin Edgar said. ““This is impersonation, if it turns out to be what it is.”

Election night, Thursday, police officers were present at the count to remove the ballot papers and keep them as evidence towards an investigation.

The tainted papers were from 10 different boxes across Glasgow.

Stewart Hosie, Scotland National Party (SNP) Treasury spokesman at Westminster, said it was “very sad that people feel the need to engage in any kind of impersonation.”

“I think that’s a daft thing to do. The ballot papers have been identified, they will be taken away and fingerprinted, the police will do their job and I’m sure whoever has done it will be caught and sentenced.

“That’s the correct procedure. It won’t change the result but of course it shouldn’t have happened, it is a silly, silly, thing for anyone to try to do.”

Post elections clashes between pro-independence and pro-United Kingdom supporters were reported at Independence Square, Glasgow.

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