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Voters cast ballots on Saturday in towns and cities of the Israeli-occupied West Bank in a rare democratic exercise following a decade and a half of delays to Palestinian elections. It is the second phase of municipal elections after a first round of voting in December in 154 West Bank villages. Saturday’s vote is being held in 50 towns and cities, with many elections uncontested, or without any candidates in some cases. Wasfi Ramhi, voting in the city of Al-Bireh, said he hoped it would lead to national elections. “If they are democratic, fair and free, they will help us to hold legislative a…