CBS: Egypt: 26 Percent Turnout in Elections

[PhilipShore]

CBS News
Dec. 11, 2005

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/12/11/ap/world/mainD8EDN6GG3.shtml

(AP) Just one quarter of registered voters cast ballots in the monthlong parliamentary elections that ended this week, Egypt's justice minister said Saturday.

The three-stage elections were among Egypt's most violent, resulting in at least 10 deaths and scores of injures since polling opened Nov. 9 and ended Wednesday.

The rights groups Amnesty International and Reporters Without Borders demanded Egyptian authorities investigate the violence that marred the final stage, which saw police attack and open fire on voters to stop them from casting ballots while harassing journalists.

[countmyvote4real]

1. It will happen here, too.

The powers that be do not want verified paper trail open source voting standards. They no longer support or report polls from early voters. The * democracy that they export is just an experiment that * will import. Get out your purple finger or be prepared to wear gloves.

[rpannier]

2. Asia-Pacific TV crews showed Egyptian police firing tear gas at

people waiting outside polling stations. I find it interesting that doesn't seem to have made significant headlines in the US