(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/121214-egypt-hmed-1012p.photoblog600.jpg)Amr Abdallah Dalsh / ReutersSupporters of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and members of the Muslim Brotherhood chant pro-Morsi slogans during a rally in Cairo on Friday in the runup to Saturday's vote on a draft constitution.By NBC News wire servicesUpdated at 9:31 a.m. ET: Egyptians voted on Saturday on a constitution promoted by its Islamist backers as the way out of a prolonged political crisis and rejected by opponents as a recipe for further divisions in the Arab world's biggest nation.
Lines formed outside polling stations in Cairo and other cities and soldiers joined police to secure the referendum process after deadly protests during the build-up. Street brawls again erupted on Friday in Alexandria, Egypt's second city.
ANALYSIS: As Egypt votes, what is at stake? (http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/15/15913197-egypt-votes-on-its-constitution-whats-at-stake-and-what-does-it-mean-for-the-future?lite)
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