The vote occurs amid rising secessionist rhetoric in the Serb-majority entity. Milorad Dodik, its former president, was removed from office for trying to ignore the Dayton peace treaty and Sarajevo’s authority.

By Alma Milisic

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Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Serb-majority entity, votes Sunday in a snap presidential election called after electoral authorities stripped separatist Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik of the presidency in August.