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Re:Catalan parliament declares independence from Spain by andrewaylett on Friday October 27, 2017 @10:58AM (#15568996)
Notice that for all the Catalan low turnout has been hyped, they've actually got a higher proportion of the electorate than voted for Brexit:

43.03% * 91.96% = 39.57%

Re:Catalan parliament declares independence from Spain by dnautics on Friday October 27, 2017 @11:32AM (#15569373)
And they had uniformed thugs trying to prevent the vote outside many of the polling sites. A 40% turnout is remarkable.