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Thursday, May 29, 2014

Trying to Match that 26 Million: Midnight DC Time

You may believe it if you wish, but that magic 26 million turnout in 2012 looks like a result Egyptian authorities are determined to reach by any means necessary (midnight Wednesday DC time):


At the moment, the "spoiled ballots" category is reportedly challenging Hamdeen Sabbahi for second place.

The first column below is total registered voters;the second is total votes cast:

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Yet another triumph for the Egyptian Army's diligent and proficient scientists.

If "At the moment, the "spoiled ballots" category is reportedly challenging Hamdeen Sabbahi for second place." that would imply that the total percentages of HS. AFAS (KAW), and spoiled would exceed 100%.

Another leap forward in democracy in Egypt. One that lesser countries like the USA can only envy.