a ballot. However, Scots living outside Scotland do not have a say. Nearly 790,000 people applied for a postal vote -- the largest volume of registration for postal votes ever in Scotland. After the polls closed, Salmond tweeted, This has been a remarkable day. Scotland's future truly is in Scotland's hands. CNN's Nic Robertson reported from Glasgow, Laura Smith-Spark wrote and reported in London and Euan McKirdy wrote and reported in Hong Kong. CNN's Richard Allen Greene, Lindsay Isaac and Greg Botelho contributed to this report.