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Conley
11-28-2011, 12:25 PM
CAIRO — Unexpectedly large crowds of voters turned out on Monday to cast their votes in Egypt's first parliamentary election since the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak, a ballot that seemed to blend vindication of the democratic struggle with uncertainty over the revolution’s final outcome.

By 9 a.m., voters had formed long and peaceful lines under the watchful eyes of a heavy police and army guard to cast votes in rich and poor neighborhoods across Cairo. In several places, lines stretched as long as a block along the banks of the Nile, and there were similar reports from Alexandria and Port Said.In Tahrir Square, the epicenter of Egypt’s democracy struggle, several thousand protesters maintained their 10-day occupation to press demands for the immediate end to military rule. But that did not seem to dampen the enthusiasm shown by some Egyptians for the vote.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/world/middleeast/egyptians-vote-in-historic-election.html?_r=1&hp

Many are saying the voting is irrelevant and they don't expect fair elections. The Muslim Brotherhood is expected to dominate the results as well.

Mister D
11-28-2011, 12:42 PM
You what they say. One man, one vote, one time.