“Go Out & Vote!” – Catalan Separatists Defy Spain, Distribute 1 Million Ballots Ahead Of Referendum

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Following the confiscation of millions of ballots in recent days, AP reports that the grassroots groups driving Catalonia’s separatist movement defied Spanish authorities on Sunday by distributing one million ballots for the vote that Madrid has called illegal and vowed to halt.

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Following the confiscation of millions of ballots in recent days, and the Spanish governments’ pressure on local mayors to deter the October 1st independence referendum, AP reports that the grassroots groups driving Catalonia?s separatist movement defied Spanish authorities on Sunday by distributing one million ballots for the vote that Madrid has called illegal and vowed to halt.

Jordi Cuixart, president of the separatist group Omnium Cultural, announced the ballots were being distributed during a rally in Barcelona.

?Here are the packs of ballots that we ask you to hand out across Catalonia,? Cuixart said.

Catalonia?s separatists have pledged to hold the vote regardless of the central government?s wishes and rallied Sunday in public squares in Barcelona and other towns in the region.

Many carried pro-independence flags and signs calling for the independence vote and urging the ?Yes? side to victory.

The crowds were asked by secessionist politicians and grassroots groups…

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