Voting gets underway in Sevastopol

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TORY: Voting got underway in Crimea's port of Sevastopol on Sunday in a referendum that will decide whether the Black Sea peninsula leaves Ukraine and becomes part of Russia.

At a secondary school in the center of the city, people entered the polling station as soon as its doors opened.

European leaders and U.S. President Barack Obama have dismissed the vote, which has been organized by Crimea's pro-Russian authorities at short notice, as illegitimate, saying it would violate Ukraine's constitution.

According to ballot papers published before the referendum, voters have the right to choose one of two options, neither of which rejects control by Russia.

The first question asks: "Are you in favor of the reunification of Crimea with Russia as a part of the Russian Federation?"

The second asks: "Are you in favor of restoring the 1992 Constitution and the status of Crimea as a part of Ukraine?"

At first glance, the