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Did The Votes Count?

posted by Anna-Maria Müller at 22h00 GMT on Sep 8

During the May elections in Scotland this year, electronic counting machines rejected more than 140,000 correct completed ballots according to a BBC report.

Read more about it on BBC News online. Join the debate in our forums: Why bother to vote?

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