Chileans go to polls to vote on throwing out Pinochet-era constitution


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  • Saturday, 24 Oct 2020

A worker arranges a voting booth inside a polling station during a voting simulation ahead of the upcoming referendum on a new Chilean constitution in Santiago, Chile, October 23, 2020. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chileans will go to the polls on Sunday to vote on whether they want to swap a constitution written during the Pinochet dictatorship with a new document written by a specially elected citizens' body.

Opinion polls suggest a resounding win for the 'Approve' campaign for a new magna carta, with around two thirds of the vote.

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