For the second time in 13 months, Egyptians are trying to chart their country’s future by voting on another draft constitution.

This time, the proposed constitution would ban religious parties and put more power in the hands of the military. If the draft is passed, elections should follow.

Shortly before polls were set to open at 9 a.m. (2 a.m. ET) Tuesday, a bomb exploded near a Cairo courtroom. No one was injured, security officials said.

But the blast was powerful enough to damage much of the towering facade of the courthouse. The courthouse will be used for collating results, but not fr counting ballots, Giza Gov. Ali Abdel Rahman said.

Despite the attack, Egyptians waited in long lines to cast their ballots Tuesday.

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