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ATTEMPTS to cheat in the independence vote were rife, it was revealed yesterday.

The Scottish Assessors Association (SSA) said “several hundred apparently fraudulent applications” were made to register a vote in the referendum. Many have been referred to police.

The SSA also found widespread “misuse and abuse” of a rule that allowed people to carry out last-minute proxy votes.

There were 6690 such applications in the September referendum , compared with 85 in the last European Parliament election in Scotland.

Police are investigating 11 reports of fraudsters turning up at polling stations and pretending to be other people so they could vote in the referendum, which ended with a No result.

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