Polls Open in Britain’s Historic EU Referendum

Voting began Thursday in Britain’s historic election that by the end of the day will decide whether the country remains in the European Union. As voters went to polling stations, public opinion polls showed the two sides in a dead heat. Turnout was expected to be high, culminating a bitter, two-month campaign that centered largely on immigration, a highly sensitive and divisive issue in a nation whose immigration rate has doubled since 2000. A final cry to remain in the EU Prime...

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