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Total from Scotland's 32 regional voting centres won't be known until Friday
The Associated Press Posted: Sep 18, 2014 2:27 AM ET Last Updated: Sep 18, 2014 2:45 AM ET
WATCH LIVE: CBC News will provide live coverage of Scotland referendum results online and on CBC News Network, starting at 5 p.m. ET on Thursday.
Polls have opened across Scotland in a referendum that will decide whether the country leaves its 307-year-old union with England and becomes an independent state.
More than 2,600 polling places will be open Thursday from 7 a.m. local time (2 a.m. ET) until 10 p.m. (5 p.m. ET).
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Turnout is expected to be high, with more than 4.2 million people registered to vote — 97 per cent of those eligible.
Polls suggest the result is too close to call, with the pro-independence Yes side gaining momentum in the final weeks of campaigning.
First Minister Alex Salmond is casting his vote near his home in northeast Scotland.
If the Yes side prevails he will realize a long-held dream of leading his country to independence after an alliance with England formed in 1707.
Ballot boxes are carried from New Parliament House on their way to polling stations in Edinburgh, Scotland on Wednesday, a day before voting takes place on whether or not to end the 307-year-old union with the rest of the United Kingdom. (Russell Cheyne/Reuters)
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