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Summary: Catalonia’s independence referendum concluded on Sunday night amid deep uncertainty about everything from the integrity of the vote to the meaning of the result. The counting of what the Catalan government said would be millions of votes came at the end of a long day, which began before dawn with voters and poll workers across the region defending polling places from closure by national and regional police forces, acting on orders from Spain’s constitutional court to block the vote.