Hong Kong's political elite begin voting to pick new city lawmakers under Beijing's "patriots only" rules that drastically reduce the number of directly elected seats and control who can run for office. Most of the city's traditional pro-democracy opposition have either been jailed, barred from standing, declined to take part or fled overseas. A voter says their missing is a good thing as "you have to be rational to solve many problems, you can't just oppose everything," while another local resident who's not going to vote thinks Hong Kong will only "become worse" after the elections. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES