On Thursday, September 18, 2014 Scotland had a vote for independence from the UK. The missionaries did not participate in the vote, in discussing the vote, or in any politics. Here are some things that Elder Penman's mom found around on the internet talking about the vote, and they are included purely for historical reference like a journal entry:

First, a funny one...

From BBC:

Scotland decides: How referendum night unfolded

19 September 2014 Last updated at 09:52 BST

Scotland has voted to stay in the United Kingdom after voters decisively rejected independence.

With the results in from all 32 council areas, the "No" side won with 2,001,926 votes over 1,617,989 for "Yes".

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-29276312

Scotland Independence Results: Full Breakdown of How Each Area Voted

By Ewan Palmer

September 19, 2014 10:43 BST
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Supporters from the "No" Campaign react to a declaration in their favour(REUTERS/Dylan Martinez)

Scotland has voted to remain part of the UK by a 55% to 45% majority, as the Better Together campaign won the historic referendum.

The result became a mathematical certainty just after 6am, when local authority Fife announced the 'No' campaign had won with 55% of its votes.

The final area to declare its results was Aberdeen, who again awarded Alistair Darling's pro-Union campaign the victory with 53% of the votes.

The 'Yes campaign' did win in four areas; West Dunbartonshire, Dundee, North Lanarkshire and Glasgow –the largest city in Scotland and the highest percentage of electorates.

Of these areas, Dundee gave the 'Yes' campaign the biggest majority with 57.35% of its 118,729 votes backing independence.

In the capital Edinburgh, 61.10% of its 378,012 elected against breaking up the 307-year Union.

Just over 3.6 million people voted in the referendum, - a turnout of 84.%, a record high of any election held in Britain since the introduction of universal suffrage in 1918. It dwarfs the percentage of people who voted in the last two general elections - 65.1% voted in 2010 and 61.4% in 2005.

Overall, 2,001,926 voted for Scotland to remain part if the UK, while 1,617,989 wanted to become independent.

Below are the full voting figures for each of the 32 local authorities.

Council Voters Yes No

Aberdeen City 175,745 41.39% 58. 61%
Aberdeenshire 206,486 39.64% 60.36%
Angus 93,551 43.68% 56.32%
Argyll & Bute 72,002 41.48% 58.52%
Clackmannanshire 39,972 46.20% 53.80%
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar 22,908 46.58% 53.42%
Dumfries & Galloway 122,036 34.33% 65.67%
Dundee City 118,729 57.35% 42.65%
East Ayrshire 99,664 47.22% 52.78%
East Dunbartonshire 86,836 38.80% 61.20%
East Lothian 81,945 38.28% 61.72%
East Renfrewshire 72,981 36.81% 63.19%
Edinburgh 378,012 38.90% 61.10%
Falkirk 122,457 46.53% 53.47%
Fife 302,165 44.95% 55.05%
Glasgow 486,219 53.49% 46.51%
Highland 190,778 47.08% 52.92%
Inverclyde 62,481 49.92% 50.08%
Midlothian 69,617 43.70% 56.30%
Moray 75,170 42.44% 57.56%
North Ayrshire 113,923 48.99% 51.01%
North Lanarkshire 268,704 51.07% 48.93%
Orkney Islands 17,806 32.80% 67.20%
Perth & Kinross 120,015 39.81% 60.19%
Renfrewshire 134,735 47.19% 52.81%
Scottish Borders 95,533 33.44% 66.56%
Shetland Islands 18,516 36.29% 63.71%
South Ayrshire 94,881 42.13% 57.87%
South Lanarkshire 261,157 45.33% 54.67%
Stirling 69,033 40.23% 59.77%
West Dunbartonshire 71,109 53.96% 46.04%
West Lothian 138,226 44.82% 55.18%