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Venezuelans are voting Sunday in a nationwide poll to elect a special assembly with powers to rewrite the crisis-hit country's 1999 constitution.

Posted 11:05 p.m. Jul 25, 2017 — Updated 11:05 p.m. Jul 25, 2017

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Venezuelans are voting Sunday in a nationwide poll to elect a special assembly with powers to rewrite the crisis-hit country's 1999 constitution.

The voting began at 6 a.m. and is scheduled to end at 6 p.m.

Opposition leaders are urging nationwide protests against the vote, even though the government has banned demonstrations through early next week. The ban could set up a showdown between protesters and authorities, including 370,000 troops that the military said it deployed ahead of the vote. Here is the latest:

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