Authorities pressed for a high turnout in a vote set to give President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi a sweeping victory in the absence of real competition. Sisi urged people to vote, hoping a large turnout will give him a strong mandate. At the office of a logistics company in Cairo's working class Ward estate, employees collected national ID cards and informed people where they could vote. "I will not vote, vote for who? He told them to go vote, come back with the paper which they can exchange for a bag of food items.

Source: dna March 29, 2018 10:18 UTC