Nearly 35% of eligible voters had cast a poll by midday,and regional president Artus Mas declares a victory for democracyVoter turnout in the de facto referendum on Catalan independence was expected to reach record highs on Sunday as people across the region queued to cast their poll in an election billed as the most important in the region’s history.
By midday, authorities said nearly 35% of eligible voters had already cast their poll, or a rise of five percentage points on the same period in the 2012 elections. Meritxell Borràs,the top electoral official for the regional government, attributed the rise in participation to the significance of these elections. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com