Perthshire Advertiser after being re-elected, he said: “We went back to the ‘70s with tannoys on cars.” And the move caused some confusion on Perthshire doorsteps.
Mr Swinney laughed: “My voice was being played on a recorded basis.“It confused neighbours when they could hear my voice on the tannoy but I was speaking to them on their doorstep.”The deputy first minister said the campaign was originally planned on the basis it would be unlikely they would be able to speak to people face to face.He said: “We ended up getting three and a half weeks.”Voter turnout in Perthshire North was up despite the pandemic.And Mr Swinney thinks the shift towards postal voting was the reason.