-
- Walking past a wall of ink that voters wiped their fingers on, a voter leaves the voting room of a school in Manshyet Nasr, a mainly coptic christian neighborhood of Cairo. Today was be an important vote for or against proposed changes to Egypt’s constitution. Some of the discussion about this vote turned it into a sectarian issue with the Muslim Brotherhood coming out in support of the amendments and Christians being rumored to oppose them. Photographs by David Degner / www.IncendiaryImage.com
-
- constitution. Some of the discussion about this vote turned it into a sectarian issue with the Muslim Brotherhood coming out in support of the amendments and Christians being rumored to oppose them.
-
- Ink stains the ballot box at a voting station in Fayum, an agricultural community outside of Cairo. The ink was reportedly easy to wash off fingers. Today was be an important vote for or against proposed changes to Egypt’s constitution.
-
- A voter prepares his ballot at a polling station in the mainly christian neighborhood of Manshyet Nasr. Today was be an important vote for or against proposed changes to Egypt’s constitution.
-
- A few muslim brotherhood supporters pray at a mosque beside a polling station in Fayum, an agricultural area outside of Cairo. Today was be an important vote for or against proposed changes to Egypt’s constitution.
-
- In a rural village around Fayum, an agricultural city, a bus run by Muslim Brotherhood members waits to pick up supporters and take them to a polling station. Today was be an important vote for or against proposed changes to Egypt’s constitution.
-
- An election official sits with his copy of the rules at a voting station in Manshyet Nasr. Today was be an important vote for or against proposed changes to Egypt’s constitution.
Egypt’s referendum on constitutional amendments appears to have gone off without many hitches. Compared with the last election here the polls are closing and votes are being counted after a peaceful day of transparency. It aint perfect but I was pleasantly surprised and smiling as I went from station to station.