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A man votes during the second day of voting in the presidential election, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, May 27, 2014. State TV says Egypt's election commission has extended voting in the presidential election for a third day amid reported low turnout. Government officials, media and the military harangued voters to go to the polls Tuesday in what was supposed to be the final day of the vote, worried that turnout was weaker than expected. The front-runner, former army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, is trying to garner an overwhelming show of support. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
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An Egyptian policewoman directs a voter to a polling station during the second day of voting in the presidential election in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, May 27, 2014. State TV says Egypt's election commission has extended voting in the presidential election for a third day amid reported low turnout. Government officials, media and the military harangued voters to go to the polls Tuesday in what was supposed to be the final day of the vote, worried that turnout was weaker than expected. The front-runner, former army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, is trying to garner an overwhelming show of support. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
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An election worker helps an elderly woman ink her finger after casting her vote inside a polling station during the second day of voting in the presidential election, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, May 27, 2014. State TV says Egypt's election commission has extended voting in the presidential election for a third day amid reported low turnout. Government officials, media and the military harangued voters to go to the polls Tuesday in what was supposed to be the final day of the vote, worried that turnout was weaker than expected. The front-runner, former army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, is trying to garner an overwhelming show of support. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
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An elderly Egyptian voter covers himself with a national flag as he walks with his family outside a polling center during the second day of voting in the presidential election, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, May 27, 2014. Egypt extended its presidential election an extra day after two days of reportedly low voter turnout, an embarrassment to attempts by the front-runner, former army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, to garner an overwhelming show of public support. Opponents and observers call the thin voting a warning, showing the extent of discontent with the sure winner despite months of media frenzy depicting him as the nation’s savior for ousting the Islamist president. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
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Supporters of presidential candidate former army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi hold his posters and wave national flags as they celebrate during the second day of presidential elections in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, May 27, 2014. Egypt extended its presidential election an extra day after two days of reportedly low voter turnout, an embarrassment to attempts by the front-runner, El-Sissi, to garner an overwhelming show of public support. Arabic on banner in background reads, "God help you." (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
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Supporters of presidential candidate former army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi hold his posters and wave national flags as they celebrate during the second day of presidential elections in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, May 27, 2014. Egypt extended its presidential election an extra day after two days of reportedly low voter turnout, an embarrassment to attempts by the front-runner, El-Sissi, to garner an overwhelming show of public support. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
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Supporters of presidential candidate former army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi hold his posters and wave national flags as they celebrate during the second day of presidential elections in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, May 27, 2014. Egypt extended its presidential election an extra day after two days of reportedly low voter turnout, an embarrassment to attempts by the front-runner, El-Sissi, to garner an overwhelming show of public support. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
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An Egyptian man casts his vote at a polling station in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, May 28, 2014. Egyptian authorities scrambled to rescue the country's presidential election from the embarrassment of a low voter turnout, but few people trickled to the polls on Wednesday even after the balloting was extended for a third day. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)