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Egypt’s opposition urges a vote of ‘no’

Voting must be overseen by judges, but the powerful judges’ union voted Tuesday not to supervise the process, protesting an earlier and now rescinded decree by Mr. Morsi placing him above judicial oversight.

Their absence would throw the legitimacy of the vote into question and thus the legitimacy of the constitution itself.

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