PARIS ? France's Socialists will hold the first round of voting in a poll to determine which of six possible candidates will take on the unpopular President Nicolas Sarkozy in next year's presidential elections.
After a series of televised debates among the candidates, polls show former Socialist party leader Francois Hollande with a clear lead, with the party's current head Martine Aubry in second.
Segolene Royal, the failed 2007 presidential candidate, is running a distant third.
In a first for France, Sunday's primary voting is open to all registered voters, not just Socialist party members. Voters are required to sign a pledge that they share the values of the left, and to donate euro1 ($1.34) towards the cost of organizing the vote.
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