The grassroots groups driving Catalonia's separatist movement responded to the crackdown by Spanish authorities to stop next week's independence referendum by distributing one million ballots on Sunday.
The grassroots groups driving Catalonia's separatist movement defied Spanish authorities on Sunday by distributing one million ballots for an Oct. 1 independence vote that the central government in Madrid has called illegal and vowed to halt.
Jordi Cuixart, president of the separatist group Omnium
Cultural, announced the ballots were being distributed during a rally in
Barcelona.
"Here are the packs of ballots that we ask you to hand out across Catalonia," Cuixart said.
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