County news: Car used as makeshift polling station

Britain is waking up to a Brexit vote this morning '“ but residents at one polling station were nearly stopped from voting altogether.
A car was used as a makeshift polling station in Sompting. Picture by Adam Hodson SUS-160624-070951001A car was used as a makeshift polling station in Sompting. Picture by Adam Hodson SUS-160624-070951001
A car was used as a makeshift polling station in Sompting. Picture by Adam Hodson SUS-160624-070951001

The presiding officer at the polling station, in Sompting, West Sussex, reportedly could not gain access to the building and had to set up a makeshift facility in his car.

Adam Hodson, who captured the scene, said: “The presiding officer could not gain access to the building and set up a temporary polling station in the back of his car until he could gain access to the polling station.”

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Sompting lies in Adur district, which voted to leave the European Union in Thursday’s referendum.

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