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[–] TheVeryWiseOwl [S] ago 

Comment: Relieving four volunteer enumerators because they were excited by the prospect of independence is utterly ridiculous. Scottish Tory Ruth Davidson had been 'sampling' votes left, right and centre for over a week, and yet somehow the rules were 'overlooked' for her.

While it would be interesting to know who they brought in as their replacements, more interesting is the massive delay and detour undertaken by this sizeable chunk of Highland votes. How many other deliveries of ballot boxes to counting venues saw such detours and delays? It was 9am the next day before the Highland council's votes were declared.

Not only did ballot boxes take long detours, according to STV news reporter Alan Jenkins, up to five 'adjudications' were taken during the counting process. With the exception of the above report, there isn't a single news report concerning these delays related to the Highland and Islands vote, which stunned people living there when it came as a 'No'.

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