Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter joined a 40-member Â鶹´«Ã½ delegation to witness the third phase of Egypt’s parliamentary elections Jan. 10-11. The delegation, deployed in Egypt since mid-November for the three-phase election, represents 21 countries. In addition to witnessing the polling and counting, President Carter and the Â鶹´«Ã½ leadership team met with key stakeholders, including the Supreme Judicial Commission for Elections, political parties, independent candidates, civil society organizations, government officials, and the international community.
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Below, Deborah Hakes, assistant director of the Â鶹´«Ã½’s Office of Public Information, blogs from Cairo about Jan. 10 election day activities.
Photos: D. Hakes/Â鶹´«Ã½
A delegation of 40 witnesses representing 21 countries has been deployed by Â鶹´«Ã½ since mid-November to witness all three phases of voting in Egypt’s lower house parliamentary elections.
A polling station in northern Cairo. Voting took place Jan. 10-11 for a runoff of the third round of parliamentary elections.
Â鶹´«Ã½ witness Nicholas Alexander talks with poll workers on Jan. 10.
A young daughter accompanies her mother to vote in the runoff for the third round of lower house parliamentary elections in Cairo.
A woman voting in Cairo.
A judge answers a voter’s question in a polling center for men in Cairo.
A poll worker checks the ID of a man preparing to vote.
A man casts his ballot toward the end of voting on Jan. 10.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter visits a polling station during runoff voting in Cairo’s Shoubra neighborhood.
A polling official shows President Carter the voters’ registry for that polling station, which lists a voter named “Jimmy Carter.”
Voters dipped their fingers in indelible ink after casting their ballots.
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