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Mr Cameron said the excercise was an "exciting opportunity"
Every voter in Totnes will be able to help choose their Conservative general election candidate in an "open primary" contest, the Tories have announced.
Some 69,000 people will be invited to take part in a postal ballot to pick Anthony Steen's successor.
Tory leader David Cameron said: "This is the first time any political party in Britain has sought the views of the voters in such a direct way."
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