Egypt: Final Round of the Presidential Elections in Photographs · Global Voices
This post is part of our special coverage of Egypt Elections 2011/2012.
On June 16, Egyptian were called to vote on the second round of the presidential elections amidst attempts by the Supreme Council for the Armed Forces (SCAF) to keep a tight rein on the political stage. With the Parliament dissolved, the New Constitutional Declaration giving almost all powers toSCAF, the choice between Muslim Brotherhood's candidate <PERSON> and the regime's former Prime Minister <PERSON> gets even more painful.
Indeed, both candidates seem to be unwanted, as one of them symbolizes the remnants of ousted president <PERSON>'s era, and the second one is seen as a traitor to the revolution.
Following are some photographs of that historical day of elections posted by netizens on social networking sites:
Young Egyptians with signs reading "I am Christian and I won't vote for <PERSON>". Image by <PERSON> (Facebook)
Young boy holding <PERSON> poster. Image by <PERSON> (Flickr, under CC licence CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Egyptian citizens holding posters of the two final candidates <PERSON> and <PERSON>. Image by <PERSON> (Flickr, under CC license CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Old Egyptian man showing his inked finger after he voted. Image by <PERSON> (Flickr, under CC licence CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Egyptian Twitter user @TheMiinz gathered pictures of nullified ballots with humourous messages:
Egyptian voter expresses the wish to vote for bellydancer <PERSON> instead of the candidates proposed. Image by <PERSON> (Twitter)
An Egyptian chose to boycott and be romantic with an "I love you <PERSON>" ballot. 235
Image by <PERSON> (Twitter)
Voter chose to vote for <PERSON> instead of <PERSON> or <PERSON>. Image by @Wessam_S (yfrog)
Some of the ballots carried more politically committed messages:
Voter nullified ballot with the mention "No offense, but the voice of conscience hurts". Image by @YoussraSelim (Twitter)
Conveying the general feeling of these elections, another voter nullified his vote by writing "I will not choose between a killer and a traitor. Down with military rule, glory to martyrs". Image by <PERSON> (Facebook)
A voter spoiled her vote with a sticker reading "Void". Image by @Amiralx (Twitpic)
Sarcastic, a ballot carries the comment "Both choices are so excellent, I couldn't choose from between them. Thank you, SCAF". Image by <PERSON> (Facebook)
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