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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 374

Moussa Mustafa Moussa

Ballots with photos and names of presidential candidates Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, at top, and Moussa Mustafa Moussa, are visible inside a ballot box at a polling station, in Cairo, Egypt, March 26, 2018. (Amr Nabil/AP)
April 3, 2018, 11:36 am
Egypt’s election produces surprise runner-up: Invalid votes
1.76 million spoiled ballots seen as silent protest after challengers to Sissi were forced out and citizens were told to vote or face fines
By Hamza Hendawi and Samy Magdy
Electoral workers sort ballots to be counted at the end of the final day of the Egyptian presidential election in Cairo, Egypt, 28 March 2018. (Mohamed el-Shahed/AFP)
April 2, 2018, 5:30 pm
Sissi wins Egypt election with 97% of valid votes — official
Out of 60 million registered voters, 24 million turned out to cast their ballots, of which 2 million were spoiled
By AFP
In this photo provided by Egypt's state news agency, MENA, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi votes in Cairo, Egypt, March 27, 2018. (MENA via AP)
March 29, 2018, 11:50 pm
Egypt’s Sissi wins second term with 92% of vote, but only 41.5% turnout
President’s sole challenger was little-known supporter, who registered late, saving discredited election from being a still more embarrassing one-horse race
By Emmanuel Parisse
People travel on a public bus under an election banner for Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi with Arabic that reads, "you are the hope," in Cairo, Egypt, March 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
March 29, 2018, 7:17 pm
Egyptian media say election turnout was around 40 percent
Officials said to goad citizens to polls in effort to maintain vote’s legitimacy after all serious challengers to Sissi were bullied out of race
By MENNA ZAKI
An Egyptian woman walks past an electoral banner commissioned by a member of parliament depicting incumbent President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi seen with a caption reading in Arabic "for the sake of Egypt we will continue the story of a nation," outside a polling station in the capital Cairo's central neighborhood of Zamalek on March 26, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI)
March 26, 2018, 3:02 pm
Egyptians vote, with President Sissi certain winner
Polls open after all serious rivals are barred from running; authorities focus on efforts to legitimize elections by boosting turnout
By MAGGIE MICHAEL and Brian Rohan
People hold banners of Egyptian presidential candidate Moussa Mustafa Moussa on a street in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, March 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
March 5, 2018, 9:57 am
Egypt president’s opponent organizes rally, no one shows up
Only a dozen campaign workers attend event to support Moussa Mustafa Moussa, the sole rival of incumbent Sissi, whom he ardently supports himself
By AP
In this January 29, 2018 file photo, a supporter holds a poster showing Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in front of the National Elections Authority in Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
February 26, 2018, 6:22 am
Campaigning for Egypt’s presidential vote underway
Incumbent general-turned-president Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi is virtually certain to win ballot on March 26-28
By Hamza Hendawi
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