Editor’s note: This report was given to us by a reliable person who seeks anonymity for security reasons. The report is published as is, including some obvious language errors
I volunteered as a local observer with the Afro-Egyptian human rights organization, which gave me a permit to get into the election poles and to get first-hand objections or requests for help.
I personally saw (in the poles that gave Shafik a majority vote) people were told to click right in front of their favored candidate and wrong in front of the other; which voided the vote. The strange thing is that all the voided votes were because Shafiek got a right click and Morsy a wrong. There were no voided votes were Morsy got a right click and Skafik wrong.
I personally was asked by a voter if his double marking was right, I informed him that he had to direct his inquiry to the Judge and I personally so the judge ask him about his choice; when he knew it was Shafik the judge took the ballot and put it in the voting box instead of giving the voter a new ballot paper.
I also saw the same Judge do the same thing with a voter who put three right clicks for Shafiek instead of one.
I saw several cases were voters complained of having someone sign that they have voted i.e. someone else voted for them. There are many empty votes which is not reasonable because those how were pushing for the third choice (neither of the two candidates) went to the poles and clicked wrong on both or wrote we object and it is not possible that they left it blank. The blank votes were done by a “magic pen” which was distributed by those who claimed to be supporters of Shafik (supporter of Morsy would not take a pen from Shafik’s supporters). Marks of magic pens disappeared after about four hours.
As an observer I got a number of requests for help calls from Upper Egypt from Christians who were threatened by armed hooligans from leaving their homes on the election days. In other places Copts were forced to vote for Morsy (without vote concealment curtain) by the employees organizing the poles.
My sister’s sister in law, who is paralyzed in the hands, went to the pole with her brother. He was not permitted in because it was a women’s pole. She asked the judge to mark for Shafik but he put the mark for Morsy. When she rejected and told him she was paralyzed in the hands but was good in the brain she was kicked out. Her brother was not allowed to object or to record his objection.
I have witnesses moderate Moslems, liberals and Christians to have voted for Shafik but the Moslem Brothers declared their triumph before less than five hours from closing the ballots and before counting of more than fifty percent of the votes just to be able to claim that the elections were rigged when Shafik won.
Before the elections when Morsy was asked if he would accept the ballots results if he lost, he said that if he lost it only means that it was rigged.
I personally believe that the Moslem Brothers are taking people to the Tahrir square to scare the military council from declaring the results. And Shafiks supporters are neither organized nor are they armed to be able to get out to the streets. Come to the square and you will see three meals bottled water pocket money and transportation are provided for all. Who is paying for all this? And why is Hamas celebrating with Morsi before and all before the results are out.
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