"There have been instances of vote buying and voter coercion, according to campaigner Hatem Rushdy, but the practice appears to be less widespread than in previous elections.
There's a lot going on. We've heard of vote selling, people paying for votes, people giving out hand outs for votes - sometimes money sometimes food stuffs. It seems like it still going on. We have also heard of a lot of coerced voting where the owners of large residential housing projects have asked employees to give in their national IDs so the vote can be done on mass on their behalf. [But] it is not as widespread as it was previously, at least not in Cairo.
When Hatem voted he said two of the 12 substations had no judges to observe the ballot. But he said the vote was going better than expected and the turnout could be the highest in Egyptian history."
There's a lot going on. We've heard of vote selling, people paying for votes, people giving out hand outs for votes - sometimes money sometimes food stuffs. It seems like it still going on. We have also heard of a lot of coerced voting where the owners of large residential housing projects have asked employees to give in their national IDs so the vote can be done on mass on their behalf. [But] it is not as widespread as it was previously, at least not in Cairo.
When Hatem voted he said two of the 12 substations had no judges to observe the ballot. But he said the vote was going better than expected and the turnout could be the highest in Egyptian history."
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