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Both sides of Scottish independence debate engaged in democratically dangerous ideas
Allan Faulds, founder of Ballot Box Scotland, told the Record there should be a settled agreement before an independence referendum takes place
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There is disagreement over how a future IndyRef2 should be conducted (Image: PA Wire)
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Mark Smith: The deeper election stats that reveal Scotland hasn t really changed heraldscotland.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from heraldscotland.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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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.
Is Scotland’s electoral system broken? The attempt by Alex Salmond’s Alba Party to “game the system” has prompted new calls for electoral reform. But is there appetite for change at Holyrood? Ever since the Scottish Parliament was established in 1999 – with the Additional Member System (AMS) chosen as the mechanism by which MSPs would be elected – parties have been accused of trying to “game the system . AMS involves two ballots: one for constituency MSPs who are elected by first-past-the-post (FPTP), like their Westminster counterparts; the other for MSPs on regional lists. In general, the more constituencies a party wins in any region, the fewer list seats it will secure.