A young Kyrgyz couple walk in front of a billboard reading as "Constitution: Change our selves - change our life! June 27, Referendum" in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Saturday, June 26, 2010. The referendum on upcoming Sunday will ask the people of this country, which is on the brink of further ethnic strife, to approve a new constitution. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) (Alexander Zemlianichenko - AP)  An ethnic Uzbek woman casts her ballot at a polling station in Osh, southern Kyrgyzstan, Sunday, June 27, 2010. Polls opened in violence-wracked Kyrgyzstan for a referendum Sunday to choose a new constitution that the interim government hopes will legitimize its power until new parliamentary elections in October. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev) (Sergey Ponomarev - AP)  An ethnic Uzbek man prepares to cast his ballot at a polling station in Osh, southern Kyrgyzstan, Sunday, June 27, 2010. Polls opened in violence-wracked Kyrgyzstan for a referendum Sunday to choose a new constitution that the interim government hopes will legitimize its power until new parliamentary elections in October. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev) (Sergey Ponomarev - AP)  An ethnic Uzbek man casts his ballot at a polling station in Osh, southern Kyrgyzstan, Sunday, June 27, 2010. Polls opened in violence-wracked Kyrgyzstan for a referendum Sunday to choose a new constitution that the interim government hopes will legitimize its power until new parliamentary elections in October. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev) (Sergey Ponomarev - AP)  People form a queue to get ballots at a polling station in Osh, southern Kyrgyzstan, Sunday, June 27, 2010. Polls opened in violence-wracked Kyrgyzstan for a referendum Sunday to choose a new constitution that the interim government hopes will legitimize its power until new parliamentary elections in October. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev) (Sergey Ponomarev - AP)  A Kyrgyz man casts his ballot at a polling station in Osh, southern Kyrgyzstan, Sunday, June 27, 2010. Polls opened in violence-wracked Kyrgyzstan for a referendum Sunday to choose a new constitution that the interim government hopes will legitimize its power until new parliamentary elections in October. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev) (Sergey Ponomarev - AP)  A Kyrgyz man casts his ballot at a polling station in Osh, southern Kyrgyzstan, Sunday, June 27, 2010. Polls opened in violence-wracked Kyrgyzstan for a referendum Sunday to choose a new constitution that the interim government hopes will legitimize its power until new parliamentary elections in October. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev) (Sergey Ponomarev - AP)  Ethnic Kyrgyz refugee women cast ballot paper inside a tent in refugee camp outskirts the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh, Kyrgyzstan, Sunday, June 27, 2010 during a referendum on a new constitution. The people of violence-wracked Kyrgyzstan voted Sunday on a new constitution that the interim government hopes will legitimize the power it seized after a deadly uprising. The Central Asian nation was on high security alert for the vote, deploying almost 8,000 police officers and an equal number of defense volunteers to keep the peace after ethnic violence that killed hundreds. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) (Sergei Grits - AP)  Ethnic Kyrgyz refugees and election commission officials pray after voting in a refugee camp on the outskirts of the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh, Kyrgyzstan, Sunday, June 27, 2010, during a referendum on a new constitution. The people of violence-wracked Kyrgyzstan voted Sunday on a new constitution that the interim government hopes will legitimize the power it seized after a deadly uprising. The Central Asian nation was on high security alert for the vote, deploying almost 8,000 police officers and an equal number of defense volunteers to keep the peace after ethnic violence that killed hundreds. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) (Sergei Grits - AP)  Workers of a brick factory are issued with ballot papers in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh, Kyrgyzstan, Sunday, June 27, 2010, during a referendum on a new constitution. The people of violence-wracked Kyrgyzstan voted Sunday on a new constitution that the interim government hopes will legitimize the power it seized after a deadly uprising. The Central Asian nation was on high security alert for the vote, deploying almost 8,000 police officers and an equal number of defense volunteers to keep the peace after ethnic violence that killed hundreds. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) (Sergei Grits - AP)  An elderly Kyrgyz man fills in a ballot at his house in the village of Gornaya Mayevka, 30 km (18 miles) outside of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Sunday, June 27, 2010. The people of violence-wracked Kyrgyzstan voted Sunday on a new constitution that the interim government hopes will legitimize the power it seized after a deadly uprising. The Central Asian nation was on high security alert for the vote, deploying almost 8,000 police officers and an equal number of defense volunteers to keep the peace after ethnic violence that killed hundreds. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) (Alexander Zemlianichenko - AP)  A worker of brick factory fills his ballot paper beside a mobile voting box in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh, Kyrgyzstan, Sunday, June 27, 2010, during a referendum on a new constitution. The people of violence-wracked Kyrgyzstan voted Sunday on a new constitution that the interim government hopes will legitimize the power it seized after a deadly uprising. The Central Asian nation was on high security alert for the vote, deploying almost 8,000 police officers and an equal number of defense volunteers to keep the peace after ethnic violence that killed hundreds. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) (Sergei Grits - AP)  An election official, right, helps an elderly Kyrgyz woman, second right, to casts her ballot at her house in the village of Gornaya Mayevka, 30 km. (18 miles) outside of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Sunday, June 27, 2010. The people of violence-wracked Kyrgyzstan voted Sunday on a new constitution that the interim government hopes will legitimize the power it seized after a deadly uprising. The Central Asian nation was on high security alert for the vote, deploying almost 8,000 police officers and an equal number of defense volunteers to keep the peace after ethnic violence that killed hundreds. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) (Alexander Zemlianichenko - AP)  An ethnic Kyrgyz woman, second right, holds out her hand as an electoral worker scans it with an ultraviolet light to verify she had not already voted, at a polling station in the village of Mayovka outside Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Sunday, June 27, 2010.The people of violence-wracked Kyrgyzstan voted Sunday on a new constitution that the interim government hopes will legitimize the power it seized after a deadly uprising.The Central Asian nation was on high security alert for the vote, deploying almost 8,000 police officers and an equal number of defense volunteers to keep the peace after ethnic violence that killed hundreds. (AP Photo/Nina Gorshkova) (Nina Gorshkova - AP)  An ethnic Uzbek woman casts her ballot paper at a polling station in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh, Kyrgyzstan, Sunday, June 27, 2010, during a referendum on a new constitution. The people of violence-wracked Kyrgyzstan voted Sunday on a new constitution that the interim government hopes will legitimize the power it seized after a deadly uprising. The Central Asian nation was on high security alert for the vote, deploying almost 8,000 police officers and an equal number of defense volunteers to keep the peace after ethnic violence that killed hundreds. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) (Sergei Grits - AP)  Ethnic Uzbek women fill in their ballot papers at a polling station in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh, Kyrgyzstan, Sunday, June 27, 2010 during a referendum on a new constitution. The people of violence-wracked Kyrgyzstan voted Sunday on a new constitution that the interim government hopes will legitimize the power it seized after a deadly uprising. The Central Asian nation was on high security alert for the vote, deploying almost 8,000 police officers and an equal number of defense volunteers to keep the peace after ethnic violence that killed hundreds. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) (Sergei Grits - AP)  An elderly ethnic Kyrgyz casts his ballot at a polling station in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Sunday, June 27, 2010.The people of violence-wracked Kyrgyzstan voted Sunday on a new constitution that the interim government hopes will legitimize the power it seized after a deadly uprising.The Central Asian nation was on high security alert for the vote, deploying almost 8,000 police officers and an equal number of defense volunteers to keep the peace after ethnic violence that killed hundreds. (AP Photo/Maxim Shubovich) (Maxim Shubovich - AP)  A woman casts her ballot at a polling station outside Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Sunday, June 27, 2010. The people of violence-wracked Kyrgyzstan voted Sunday on a new constitution that the interim government hopes will legitimize the power it seized after a deadly uprising. The Central Asian nation was on high security alert for the vote, deploying almost 8,000 police officers and an equal number of defense volunteers to keep the peace after ethnic violence that killed hundreds. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) (Alexander Zemlianichenko - AP)  Riot police officers cast their ballots at a polling station in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Sunday, June 27, 2010. The people of violence-wracked Kyrgyzstan voted Sunday on a new constitution that the interim government hopes will legitimize the power it seized after a deadly uprising. The Central Asian nation was on high security alert for the vote, deploying almost 8,000 police officers and an equal number of defense volunteers to keep the peace after ethnic violence that killed hundreds. (AP Photo/Maxim Shubovich) (Maxim Shubovich - AP)  An ethnic Kyrgyz boy eats bread while waiting for his relatives at a polling station outside Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Sunday, June 27, 2010. The people of violence-wracked Kyrgyzstan voted Sunday on a new constitution that the interim government hopes will legitimize the power it seized after a deadly uprising. The Central Asian nation was on high security alert for the vote, deploying almost 8,000 police officers and an equal number of defense volunteers to keep the peace after ethnic violence that killed hundreds. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) (Alexander Zemlianichenko - AP)  An ethnic Uzbek woman casts her ballot at a polling station as a burned school building is seen in reflection, in Osh, southern Kyrgyzstan, Sunday, June 27, 2010. Polls opened in violence-wracked Kyrgyzstan for a referendum Sunday to choose a new constitution that the interim government hopes will legitimize its power until new parliamentary elections in October. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev) (Sergey Ponomarev - AP)  Ethnic Kyrgyz refugees and election officials pray after voting in a refugee camp on the outskirts of the city of Osh. As many as 2,000 people died in recent ethnic clashes. (Photos By Sergei Grits/associated Press)  A factory worker casts his ballot in Osh. Officials said that more than two-thirds of eligible voters went to the polls. (Sergei Grits - AP)
MOSCOW -- The people of Kyrgyzstan voted Sunday to adopt a new constitution in a referendum that appeared to proceed calmly despite smoldering tensions after ethnic clashes left hundreds dead two weeks ago.