Catalan referendum: preliminary results show 90% in favour of independence

Re:Catalan referendum: preliminary results show 90% in favou... by randiantech on Sunday October 01, 2017 @07:39PM (#15380564)

There are reports of people voting from two to 4 different schools. Wondering what methods authorities used to ensure there was no fraud on these referendum.

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Re:Catalan referendum: preliminary results show 90% in favou... by farresito on Sunday October 01, 2017 @08:25PM (#15380753)

I voted. I can't talk about all the schools, but the ones I checked made sure (electronically) that you didn't vote twice, but of course there's a chance that some people did indeed vote more than once if for some reason they manually wrote down the name.

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Re:Catalan referendum: preliminary results show 90% in favou... by lacaza on Sunday October 01, 2017 @09:38PM (#15381123)

Check this out:

https://twitter.com/key_opinions/status/914529367543382016

https://twitter.com/juanmalamet/status/914448261964029957

https://twitter.com/yuyudecai/status/914577981812674566

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Re:Catalan referendum: preliminary results show 90% in favou... by hyper_reality on Sunday October 01, 2017 @07:45PM (#15380589)

I suspect that will be one argument used by the Spanish authorities as to why the referendum was invalid.

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Re:Catalan referendum: preliminary results show 90% in favou... by rasz on Sunday October 01, 2017 @08:29PM (#15380774)

There is no need for any additional arguments beyond whats in Spanish constitution.

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Re:Catalan referendum: preliminary results show 90% in favou... by justin66 on Sunday October 01, 2017 @09:01PM (#15380941)

If they really felt that way, they wouldn't have sent all those cops to bust heads.

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Re:Catalan referendum: preliminary results show 90% in favou... by confounded on Sunday October 01, 2017 @07:55PM (#15380629)

What would you propose in a situation where voting gets you beaten, and schools hosting ballots get smashed up?

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Re:Catalan referendum: preliminary results show 90% in favou... by hjrnunes on Monday October 02, 2017 @05:37AM (#15382658)

They organisers knew the courts had instructed police to stop it.

If they wanted to protest then they should've organised protests and demonstrations, which are perfectly allowed in Spain. That would be the democratic way. Not to insist on breaking the law and disobeying court orders.

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Re:Catalan referendum: preliminary results show 90% in favou... by droopyEyelids on Sunday October 01, 2017 @07:51PM (#15380610)

Sounds pretty amazing, with all the violence and militarized police abusing the voters, for some people to be dedicated enough to go through it four times

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