Egypt: Violence at polling booths could derail elections, The Independent (2011) —
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Egypt: Violence at polling booths could derail elections, The Independent (2011)

This news article says that even before being spattered with protesters' blood and blurred by tear gas, Egypt's elections were convoluted. Conducted in three rounds, so that independent judges can monitor all polling booths, the elections are based on two ballots: one for party lists and the other for individual candidates – with a counting system that, a day ago, had yet to be decided. Now, with at least 42 protesters killed and over 2,000 injured in the past week, some people want an election boycott, as a part of continued protests against Egypt's military rulers – the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (Scaf).

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