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Every single vote counts in this election.

It's a positive policy programme, focused on rebuilding Scotland after the worst year that many of us have faced in living memory.

This election is like no other before it, and not just because of COVID.

If now, during a pandemic election, we can't put aside our old arguments and come together and work in the national interest then when.

In this vital election, given the times we are living through perhaps the most important

election in our country's history.

There's nothing like the excitement of a Scottish Parliament campaign, is there?

We're building up to the big

vote on the 6th of May and politicians tell us that this could be the biggest election in

Hollywood's history. But actually, on average, Scottish elections are generally decided with

about half of the electorate not taking part. Half of the people don't turn out to vote who could.

I'm Phil Sim. I'm a political correspondent at BBC Scotland, and I want to hear from the silent Scots who don't cast their vote

and find out why.

You're listening to BBC Scotland.

You're recording. Cool. So, I'll know.

To begin looking at why people might not vote, there's no better place to go than the Scottish Parliament.

That's where I'm meeting Harley Nottie. She's a Scottish Punjabi, born and raised in Edinburgh, who's worked in jobs from dancer to corporate sales.

And she's never voted in a Scottish election.

So tell me about your electoral history. Do you vote generally?

No, not really. I'm not much of a voter.

The only sort of voting I've ever been involved with was for the referendum.

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