Scots head to the polls to vote on independence

Scots head to the polls to vote on independence
Scots head to the polls to vote on independence

Scots head to the polls to vote on independence

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After years of planning, Scots head to the polls today to decide whether to become an independent nation or to remain a part of the United Kingdom. Scots living abroad are not able to vote in the referendum that could end a 307 year old relationship between Scotland and the U.K. We’ll discuss the vote and possible ramifications with Scottish-Chicagoan Euan Hague,chair of DePaul University’s geography department. (photo: Yes campaign and No campaign posters stand outside a polling place in Edinburgh, Scotland, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham))