one Egyptian eyewitness reports on the voting

“I just voted! Turnout was remarkably low compared to the parliamentary elections. I don’t know if it is because everyone else arrived much earlier, because it is not a national holiday and so most people are planning to take their brief time to vote tomorrow, the day before the weekend, or if because they are disillusioned with the candidates or value of electoral process after the results of the parliamentary elections. I literally walked right in and did not have to wait in line, though there was a short line for those issued a different number from the government than I had. They also were mostly senior citizens or closing in on that. Perhaps they are not working and it goes with the idea that people are working and will vote tomorrow. And I hope not making this a holiday wasn’t a move by the military to decrease turnout, which could somehow serve them, though I don’t know how. I’ll hold off conspiracy theories and hope for the best.”