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European Union referendum: UK goes to the polls [UK Independence Day]
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Posted on 06/23/2016 2:32:04 AM PDT by UKrepublican

Voting is under way in a historic referendum on whether the UK should remain a member of the European Union or leave. A record 46,499,537 people are entitled to take part, according to provisional figures from the Electoral Commission. Polling stations opened at 07:00 BST and will close at 22:00 BST. It is only the third nationwide referendum in UK history and comes after a four-month battle for votes between the Leave and Remain campaigns. In common with other broadcasters, the BBC is limited in what it can report while polls are open but you can follow the results as they come in across the BBC after polls close on Thursday evening.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: brexit; brexitwins; brixit; eu; europeanunion; livebrexit; nato; referendum; uk; unitedkingdom
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To: Eurotwit

What’s the latest ?


241 posted on 06/23/2016 2:36:07 PM PDT by katykelly
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To: katykelly

Nothing yet.


242 posted on 06/23/2016 2:37:00 PM PDT by moose07 (DMCS (Dit Me Cong San ) - Nah. ...Ermentrude chewed on some more grass and watched....)
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To: ColdOne

No voting machines - just paper ballots. And, personally, I really don’t think fraud is a major concern. People can watch the ballots being counted and they are pretty clear.


243 posted on 06/23/2016 2:37:11 PM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: naturalman1975

Are the ballots being counted by hand or machine?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckwYu1bqUTk&feature=youtu.be


244 posted on 06/23/2016 2:39:25 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: naturalman1975

What gives me a little hope is the poll that about 80 percent of Brits were concerned about saying what they really felt because of being afraid called a racist.

Btw. You are a royalist, even though an Aussie.

Time to break up the UK?

Funny, as we have more EU integration we have more EU internal seperatism.


245 posted on 06/23/2016 2:40:28 PM PDT by Eurotwit (u)
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To: naturalman1975

thank you for that info.


246 posted on 06/23/2016 2:40:39 PM PDT by ColdOne (poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11 HillaryForPrison2016)
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To: UKrepublican

Skynews Live Stream via Youtube:

https://youtu.be/y60wDzZt8yg


247 posted on 06/23/2016 2:41:25 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: Black Agnes

Counted by Hand. :)


248 posted on 06/23/2016 2:41:34 PM PDT by moose07 (DMCS (Dit Me Cong San ) - Nah. ...Ermentrude chewed on some more grass and watched....)
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To: Eurotwit

Yes, I am a Monarchist. So are a lot of Australians. We had a referendum in 1999 to become a Republic. We retained the Monarchy.


249 posted on 06/23/2016 2:44:57 PM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: naturalman1975

If the “remain” side wins, the good news for them will be that they won the election. The BAD news for them will be that they won the election.

Nigel Farage will be the opposition.


250 posted on 06/23/2016 2:45:09 PM PDT by RKBA Democrat (islam overcomes America by 2050. Europe by 2025.)
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To: Black Agnes

By hand, although machines can be used to check the count (if a machine count shows a major discrepancy from the hand count, the hand count can be redone).


251 posted on 06/23/2016 2:46:01 PM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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Another (exit?) poll:

“UPDATE: Poll shows 54 percent remain, 46 percent leave: Ipsos-Mori Chief Exec Ben Page

by cassandra.garrison 5:42 PM”
http://live.reuters.com/Event/EU_Referendum?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=Social

Gibraltar reports 83.65% turnout.


252 posted on 06/23/2016 2:47:34 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: UKrepublican

Skynews is saying various polls have the ‘remain’ with a slight lead, even though ZERO votes have actually been counted.


253 posted on 06/23/2016 2:48:10 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: naturalman1975

Vote fraud is so common here in the states that it’s assumed to be the norm.


254 posted on 06/23/2016 2:49:14 PM PDT by RKBA Democrat (islam overcomes America by 2050. Europe by 2025.)
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To: UKrepublican

Yes, Trump is having to fight everyone but ‘we the people’.

When will we hear news of your exit polls (if they do those).

Your leaving the EU would be not only great for you but could help pave the way for change here as well.


255 posted on 06/23/2016 2:49:31 PM PDT by CottonBall
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To: RKBA Democrat

Fraud can certainly happen in the British system, but it would be very difficult to do it in the counting room after the election - postal votes would be the most vulnerable area.


256 posted on 06/23/2016 2:52:49 PM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: UKrepublican

I still prefer paper hand-counted ballots because even though subject more to individual human error, or even individual mischief, the effect tends to to be small, whereas the electronic systems, though reducing unintentional errors, can be massively corrupted by very few individuals.

So I like the process I’m seeing in UK tonight.


257 posted on 06/23/2016 2:56:32 PM PDT by cookcounty (Why are Trump's poll numbers against a wounded Hillary so AWFUL? Hello? No answer?)
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To: CottonBall

I posted this on the other live thread but no one seems to notice: there will be no exit polls. Various pollsters will make other polls trying to emulate exit polls. The bias in those polls may be even higher than normal exit polls, but so far it looks like a narrow win for Remain. :-(


258 posted on 06/23/2016 3:01:04 PM PDT by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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To: UKrepublican

bttt

Holding vigil for our sister nation in Freedom.


259 posted on 06/23/2016 3:27:06 PM PDT by TEXOKIE (We must surrender only to our Holy God and never to the evil that has befallen us.)
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Gibraltar has called : 20171.Total. 19322 Remain.


260 posted on 06/23/2016 3:37:02 PM PDT by moose07 (DMCS (Dit Me Cong San ) - Nah. ...Ermentrude chewed on some more grass and watched....)
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