Church polling station presents visitors with dilemma of futile activities

Decisions, decisions

(Seonag MacKinnon)

It's a nail-biter at St James' Episcopal Church Hall this morning, pray to a god whose existence is uncertain, or vote for a party unlikely to be able to establish its own government?

The church on Inverleith Row in Edinburgh first introduced the sign for the Scottish independence referendum last September (seen in the image above), but brought it back out for this morning's general election.

Churches across the country are doubling as polling stations today, along with village halls, primary schools and other pastoral buildings.

Woolwich however is using the Royal Arsenal, with voters rather ominously staring down the barrel of a tank as they head in to the booths.

We could see a record turnout today, partly due to how close it looks as though the results of the vote will be, partly because its sunny outside and people are more likely to engage in democracy if they don't get a bit wet in the process.

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