The poll must go on!
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THERE was a door to door service at a Buckie polling station earlier this morning - quite literally.
Simone Evans, the presiding officer at the Buckie Royal British Legion polling station, was forced to convert her Ford Galaxy for the purpose as she could not gain access to the building.
She parked the vehicle outside the Legion, placed Polling Station notices o
n the windows, put the ballot box in the front seat and cleared the reared seats to form a makeshift polling booth.
Two early voters turned out to exercise their democratic right in the back of the car before the Legion’s caretaking staff turned up to open the building.
Moray’s depute returning officer, Moira Patrick, praised Mrs Evans for her quick thinking.
"She did exactly what all our elections staff are trained to do in the event of not being able to gain access to a polling place for whatever reason," said Mrs Patrick.
"It is part of their training but as far as I can recall this is only the second time it has ever had to be put into practice."
The reason for the building not being accessible in time for the polls opening at 7am was not immediately clear.
