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#BREAKING Tunisia constitutional vote sees at least 27.5 percent turnout, electoral board says

#UPDATE 🇹🇳 Tunisians voted in favour of a new constitution, according to an exit poll, a stamp of approval for President Kais Saied whose rivals accuse him of moving to install an autocracy in the birthplace of the Arab Spring u.afp.com/wVAJ

#UPDATE Tunisian President Kais Saied celebrated early on Tuesday the almost certain victory of the "yes" vote in a referendum on a new constitution that strengthens his powers, and risks the return of authoritarian rule in the Arab Spring's birthplace u.afp.com/wVxD

VIDEO: 🇹🇳 Supporters of Tunisian President Kais #Saied celebrate

People in the capital Tunis late Monday mark the almost certain victory of the "yes" vote in a referendum on a new constitution that strengthens the head of state's powers but risks the return of authoritarian rule

#BREAKING US says new Tunisia constitution could 'compromise' human rights

#UPDATE US State Department spokesman Ned Price raised concerns Tuesday that Tunisia's new constitution "includes weakened checks and balances that could compromise the protection of human rights," while noting low turnout in the referendum called by President Kais Saied.

#UPDATE Preliminary results show Tunisia constitution pushed by president approved with 94.6% of vote.

Just over 2.6 million out of the country's 9.3 million voters backed the new draft, electoral commission head Farouk Bouasker told journalists in Tunis.