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Polls open for third day in Egypt's presidential election
Police and a local guard affiliated to them conduct duties outside a polling station during the presidential election in Talya, the home town of the mother of presidential candidate Former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi within Minoufiya governorate, 40 km northwest of Cairo, May 27, 2014. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih
CAIRO, May 28 (Aswat Masriya) Egyptians continued on Wednesday casting their votes in the country's second presidential election since the 2011 uprising.
Egypt extended the originally two-day election late on Tuesday, hours after announcing that a 500-pound fine will be applied on non-voters in accordance with the law.
Tuesday was also declared a holiday in hopes to increase the reportedly low turnout.
The two candidates competing in the presidential race, former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and leftist politician Hamdeen Sabahi, have criticized the extension of the vote.
Their campaigns filed official complaints to the Presidential Elections Commission supervising the vote late on Tuesday.
