Have been stepping up efforts to stop the vote claiming that most voting stations have been closed. It follows a raid at the Catalan Governments i. T centre to disrupt electronic voting. The vote is considered illegal by the government in spain. The National Police have sealed off over a thousand schools which are intended to be polling stations. Its prompted the president of the Catalan National assembly to make this plea. Translation i want to make a plea to the police and appeal to their sense of responsibility and community. Well, this was the scene in madrid earlier people against the vote showing their support for a united spain. But many catalans say they are determined to vote. Heres our correspondent tom burridge who is in barcelona. This is how parents and people in this part of barcelona a scene repeated across the city and across the region of catalonia, are trying to keep this school open. They hope the police cannot get in if they organise activities with their kids and s