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June 29th, 2014 
David Schulberg
According to Press TV, more than 765,000 people had voted by early afternoon on Sunday, the last day of the 10-day poll on how the semi-autonomous territory’s next leader should be chosen.
The former British colony was returned to China in 1997 with wide-ranging autonomy under a “one country, two systems” formula.
China says Hong Kong can hold an election in 2017 for its top leader, but the city’s mini-constitution known as the Basic Law, specifies that only a nominating committee can select candidates.
Activists, however, want the nomination process to be based on international standards. They have warned to hold a series of demonstrations to lock down the central area of Hong Kong if it fails to adopt a democratic way to elect next leaders.
The vote is organized by activists and has been mainly conducted online. The results are expected to be announced later on Sunday.
The referendum came as hundreds of thousands of people are expected to take part in a mass demonstration on July 1, the day Hong Kong was handed over to China.
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