Hong Kong elections 2016: Hong Kongers hit the polls in force for LegCo elections

HONG KONG — Hong Kongers head to the polls on Sunday to elect the city’s next legislative council.

Beijing’s hollow promises of allowing autonomy have led to a surge in pro-independence sentiment recently, as well as a whole mess of new political parties.

The Umbrella Movement sparked a generation of young Hong Kongers to stand up, and now they want their voices to be heard.

The established pro-democracy parties are seen as ineffective, but now the problem is the left actually has too many candidates on the ticket.

And while the pro-democracy camp is battling with too many cooks in the kitchen, the pro-Beijing parties like the DAB and the Liberal Party and coordinating their efforts to maximize their seats in an already China-rigged ‘voting’ system.

To keep the China-puppets from ramming through bad legislation, the real goal for Hong Kongers is to just get enough seats to hold veto power, but that may be easier said than done.