Voting gets underway in Hong Kong's crucial election HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kongers headed to the polls Sunday for the specially administered Chinese city's most crucial election since the handover from Britain in 1997. The vote for lawmakers in the Legislative Council is the first since 2014 pro-democracy street protests rocked the Asian financial hub, and the outcome could pave the way for a fresh round of political confrontations over Beijing's control of the city.

(1 of 5) Radical activist candidate Gary Fan, right, looks at the supporters of Horace Chin, a radical activist candidate, during their election campaign in Hong Kong Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016. Hong Kongers are heading to the polls Sunday in the first major election since 2014 pro-democracy street protests. A new crop of radical activists are challenging both pro-Beijing rivals and Hong Kong's mainstream pro-democracy parties for seats in the Legislative Council. A series of vandalized posters are a sign that the elections are the most contentious since the 1997 British handover of the city to China. At left is Hong Kong localist leader Edward Leung Tin-kei, one of the candidates rejected to participate in the Legislative Council elections.