Catalans began voting Sunday in a banned independence referendum, while police seized the ballots of at least one polling station. Spain's Constitutional Court suspended the vote and the Spanish central government says the vote is illegal.
In Photos: Catalonia Independence Referendum
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A woman shows a ballot to a Spanish Civil Guard officer outside a polling station for the banned independence referendum in Sant Julia de Ramis, Oct. 1, 2017.
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People offer flowers to a civil guard at the entrance of a sports center, assigned to be a referendum polling station by the Catalan government in Sant Julia de Ramis, near Girona, Oct. 1, 2017.
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A woman cries after civil guards dragged people away from the entrance of a sports center, assigned to be a referendum polling station by the Catalan government in Sant Julia de Ramis, near Girona, Oct. 1, 2017.
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Civil guards clear people away from the entrance of a sports center, assigned to be a polling station by the Catalan government in Sant Julia de Ramis, near Girona, Oct. 1, 2017.