The UK’s EU Referendum results will be posted here early morning Friday morning.
Waking up to a Thursday morning quick peruse of British newspapers, one could just but wonder the level of political intoxication in British papers, the type that would be intolerable in African societies….Two contesting views in a very close election scream for attention! Stay or Exit!
“Independence Day”, reads the Sun paper with a catchy graphic at the top, somewhat reminding everyone of the mood in Rhodesia a day before Zimbabwe was spit out of the British Empire.
“Vote. Leave Today”, reads the Daily Express.
But you also get to see a few papers that chose the middle of the road position. “Your Country Needs Your Vote,” reads the Daily Star.
Many Africans and Zimbabweans in particular are apprehensive on the poll outcome.
We ask you our valued readers to express your views as the voting continues. Where are we heading?
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
Guardian/Telegraph|With no exit polls, if you are desperate to know whether Britain will leave the EU you’ll need to be up and alert from 2am.

Are you stockpiling gummy sweets and black coffee for the night of the referendum, but concerned you don’t know when to take the breaks for power naps?
Here’s how we expect the night to play out, from the leave heartlands of the northern counties and the east coast, to the remain cities of London, Edinburgh and Bristol.
Although voting will close at 10pm tonight will close at 10pm tonight, the future of Britain’s relationship with the European Union will not be known until at least nine hours later, at 7am on Friday.
The tension will be greater than normal general election nights because the major broadcasters have not commissioned any exit polls over concerns about accuracy.
There were also no exit polls at the Scottish referendum in September 2014 which meant that the result was only known when the No campaign had won more than 50 per cent of the votes cast.
The results themselves will come in during a frantic three-hour period on Friday, between 4am and 7am; by breakfast time, the result of the EU referendum should be known.
Will there be an exit poll?
Technically, no. An exit poll is conducted on a large scale outside polling stations but broadcasters have no way of knowing how accurate an exit poll would be as the last result they have to compare it to is the 1974 referendum. However, pollsters YouGov will be running an on-the-day poll on June 23, the results of which will be announced at 10pm, once voting has closed.
This will be our last indication of which way the vote has swung until results are announced – although, due to inconsistencies in individual polls, no one poll can by wholly trusted.
How will the count take place?
Polling stations are open today from 7am to 10pm. The best advice is to vote early as the Electoral Commission is forecasting that turnout could be as high as 80 per cent (significantly more than the 66 per cent who voted at last year’s general election).
There are already fears that there might be queues if because the Government curtailed the amount of time that staff have to get ready after it extended the online registration deadline.
A change in the law after chaos at polling stations in 2010 – when some people were denied a vote because of long queues – means that people queuing at 10pm will be allowed to vote.
At the close of the poll, thousands of sealed ballot boxes are collected from schools and church halls which have been doubling up as polling stations and transported to one of 382 counting venues across the UK.
Why are the results so late?
For the count, the UK has been divided into 382 counting areas which will first verify each ballot, allowing each area to announce the turn-out. The counting will then begin.
These results will then be collated and fed by local counting officers to regional counting officers in 12 electoral regions, who will only announce their results when all the areas have concluded their counts.
Unlike at a general election, when MPs only needs to win a majority in their constituency to win the seat, every vote counts – which means that the final results for Leave and Remain will creep up slowly as regions make their declarations.
The result will be declared by Jenny Watson, the chairman of the Electoral Commission and the referendum’s chief counting officer at Manchester Town Hall, although no physical counting of ballot papers is taking place there.
How can I watch the results on television?

The BBC, ITV and Sky are all covering the election, bringing you the results as and when they come in.
David Dimbleby fronts BBC1’s EU Referendum – The Result programme, which begins at 9.55pm. He will be joined by Jeremy Vine, Emily Maitlis, Laura Kuennsberg, Kamal Ahmed and a host of BBC reporters from around the country.
Tom Bradbury hosts Referendum Result Live: ITV News Special, which begins at 10pm. He will be joined by Robert Peston, Allegra Stratton, James Mates and the ITV News team reporting from around the country.
Sky News will be bringing live coverage all night with Adam Boulton, Jeremy Thompson, Kay Burley and the Sky team.
Which are the most important declarations?
Not much will happen before 5am. But the turnout – which could come at 3am – will be important: a high turnout – with more young people voting  – is likely to mean a good night for Remain.
Remain is likely to take a healthy lead once the early declarations are made with the results for pro-EU regions – Wales, Scotland and London –  making their results known by 5am.
But the first indication of whether Leave has done enough will come at 5am when the result for the Labour dominated north east of England is known.
This result will demonstrate whether Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has succeeded in persuading Labour supporters to vote in their droves for Remain.
A strong vote for In for Labour is seen as vital in ensuring that a Brexit is averted.
The results night will now get interesting with the declarations showing whether the forecast swing to Leave across swathes of Middle England has come to pass.
Between 6am and 7am the main English results will be known – which in turn will finally decide the result of the EU in/out referendum.
Counting officers for the west Midlands declare at 6am, followed by the East Midlands, and South West at 6.30am,  and finally at 7am Eastern, North West and South East.
Not much will happen before 5am. But the turnout – which could come at 3am – will be important: a high turnout – with more young people voting  – is likely to mean a good night for Remain.
Remain is likely to take a healthy lead once the early declarations are made with the results for pro-EU regions – Wales, Scotland and London –  making their results known by 5am.
But the first indication of whether Leave has done enough will come at 5am when the result for the Labour dominated north east of England is known.
This result will demonstrate whether Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has succeeded in persuading Labour supporters to vote in their droves for Remain.
A strong vote for In for Labour is seen as vital in ensuring that a Brexit is averted.
The results night will now get interesting with the declarations showing whether the forecast swing to Leave across swathes of Middle England has come to pass.
Between 6am and 7am the main English results will be known – which in turn will finally decide the result of the EU in/out referendum.
Counting officers for the west Midlands declare at 6am, followed by the East Midlands, and South West at 6.30am,  and finally at 7am Eastern, North West and South East.