Election 2021: Alright Jack - now let's count those votes
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Forth Valley College sound production student Jack Finlay (17), who cast his vote in Larbert’s Dobbie Hall, was just one of the under 18s who went to the polling stations yesterday.
The voting age, which was lowered in Scotland back in 2013, means 16-year-olds – and 17-year-olds like Jack – were once again allowed to vote in yesterday’s Scottish Parliament elections.
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Hide AdA record number of people had already cast their ballots before polls opened – with more than a million having registered to vote by post.
Voting in the Scottish Parliament election has now ended but the count in Scotland has only just begun after the usual overnight count was postponed because of COVID-19 restrictions.
Final results are expected on Saturday.
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