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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/03/AR2005070300014.html
Egyptian Judges Accuse Government of Forgery
(AP/Washington Post) Maggie Michael - A judicial report released Saturday alleged the Egyptian government forged turnout figures and forced state employees to fabricate results in a May referendum. The government said 54% of 32 million registered voters cast their ballots in the referendum, in which 83% of voters approved a constitutional amendment for Egypt's multiparty presidential elections. But the report said no voters came to the polling stations overseen by judicial officials and that other stations did not exceed 3%. The report said the government's claim that 90-100% of registered voters turned out in some areas was "illogical."