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October 6th, 2014 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Anti-Scottish independence campaigners will face a formal investigation over allegations that they breached electoral law in last month’s referendum, the Crown Office has said.
“We can confirm that Crown counsel has instructed Police Scotland to commence an investigation into alleged breaches of Schedule 7, Paragraph 7, of the Scottish Independence Referendum Act 2013,” the Scottish prosecution service said in a statement on Saturday.
The allegations apparently relate to comments by Scottish Conservative Party Leader and Member of the Scottish Parliament Ruth Davidson, who said pro-UK campaigners violated electoral law by counting postal votes ahead of referendum polling day.
Davidson said “Better Together” agents took postal vote “tallies” in the weeks before the referendum ballot closed at 10:00 p.m. local time on September, 18.
This is while according to Elections Scotland guidance, the results of postal votes at sample openings must be kept secret. Based on the rules, anyone breaching the law could face up to one year of imprisonment or a fine of up to £5,000.
Davidson’s claims also raised concerns that the information might have led the Westminster to offer more powers for Scotland ahead of the vote.
Days before the independence referendum, leaders of Britain’s main political parties vowed extensive powers in the case of a no vote on the independence referendum.
Analysts had warned prior to the vote that the absence of international observers in the referendum could cause the outcome to play into the hands of the British government, who made every effort to convince the Scottish people not to vote for independence.
Scotland’s independence vote failed to secure a majority for the country’s breakaway from the UK. Opponents of independence won 55 percent of the vote while its supporters won 45 percent.
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