Tunisia votes in first free poll

Tunisians are voting today in elections that are a culmination of a popular uprising that ended decades of authoritarian rule and set off similar rebellions across the Middle East.

Tunisians will elect an assembly that will appoint a new government and then write the country’s constitution to replace the 23-year presidency of Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali, who was overthrown by the month-long uprising on January 14.