Egypt’s Nov. 28 voter turnout
Sisters and their mother (unseen) show their inked fingers after voting at a polling station in a girls school on November 28, 2011 in Downtown Cairo, Egypt. Eleven months after the fall of Hosni Mubarak 45 million Egyptians are voting in the first round of six for it’s upper and lower houses of parliament. The complicated process will take four months to conclude. Presidential elections are expected to be held in 2012.
Large numbers of voters are packed tightly in lines and crowds as Egyptians turn out to the polls on November 28 to cast their ballots – the country's first parliamentary election since the longtime authoritatian leader Hosni Mubarak was ousted.
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GlobalPost took to Twitter to see what Egyptian voters are saying about the elections.
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