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QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - An overwhelming majority of Ecuadoreans supported President Rafael Correa's push for a special assembly to rewrite the constitution, final results from a nationwide referendum showed Friday.
Jorge Acosta, president of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, said 81.7 percent of Ecuadoreans voted in favor of the assembly in Sunday's referendum. About 12 percent voted against it and nearly 6 percent cast spoiled or blank ballots.
The electoral court will now set a date to elect 130 assembly members, who will meet for 180 days to draw up a new charter.
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