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Article: 2nd Ld-Writethru: Over half Azerbaijanis vote in favor of constitutional amendments: exit polls
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- March 18, 2009
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2nd Ld-Writethru: Over half Azerbaijanis vote in favor of
constitutional amendments: exit polls
MOSCOW, March 18 (Xinhua) -- More than 50 percent of the asked
voters said they had voted in favor of the proposed constitutional
amendments in the Azerbaijani referendum on Wednesday, which will
lift a two terms limit on the president, exit polls showed.
A proposal submitted to a referendum needs 50-percent-plus-one
ballots to be passed, according to laws of the South Caucasus state.
According to the exit polls, conducted by the Association for
Civil Society Development in Azerbaijan in 800 polling stations
across 118 constituencies, the voter turnout was about 69.7 percent,
said the Baku-based ...