UK Decides on whether to Stay with EU or Leave

Voters are on a historic referendum voting today Thursday 23 2016 in the United Kingdom to decide their Future of EU membership.

Citizens lined up at the polls despite raining this morning in London. Weather across the rest of the region was mixed sunshine.

Some schools are closed down because of the activities, almost 46.5 million are registered voters who are likely to take part in the exercise.

All the territories are all  registered  which includes Britons from England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Gibraltar a British territory off the southern coast of Spain.

British citizens over age 18, along with Irish and Commonwealth citizens living in the UK, are expected to deliver their verdict at the ballot box Thursday. British citizens living abroad have already cast their votes by mail.

Polling stations across the UK opened at 7 a.m. local time (2 a.m. ET) and will close at 10 p.m. (5 p.m. ET), with the first results expected about midnight (7 p.m. ET).