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01/09/2014
Scottish Voters Reminded Of Referendum Vote Registration Deadline
Residents of Scotland, who wish to vote in the 19 September Scottish Independence referendum, have until midnight on Tuesday to register.
Campaigners both for and against independence have urged people to register to vote before tomorrow's deadline.
It is understood that 4.1 million people have already registered to vote.
"Hundreds of thousands of people, many of whom have never voted in their lives, are now engaged in the most exciting, participative and powerful debate in Scottish political history," Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond commented.
(MH/JP)
Campaigners both for and against independence have urged people to register to vote before tomorrow's deadline.
It is understood that 4.1 million people have already registered to vote.
"Hundreds of thousands of people, many of whom have never voted in their lives, are now engaged in the most exciting, participative and powerful debate in Scottish political history," Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond commented.
(MH/JP)
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