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Ballots boxes at the count at Ingliston Highland Centre where the election count is underway. Photo Lesley Martin/PA
VOTERS have turned out in potentially record numbers for a Holyrood election, early reports are suggesting.
Despite the cold and wet weather polling stations were busy all day with thousands of people in urban areas such as Glasgow queuing for more than half an hour to register their vote.
Activists and officials believe the long lines were not simply down to social distancing measures making the process of voting slower but also due to the significant number of voters.
Turnout figures so far are all up by as much as 12% in some areas.