Voters head to the polls on the final day of Egypt's divisive presidential elections to choose a successor to ousted strongman Mubarak in a race that pits former regime premier against an Islamist 8:45 Ahmed Shafiq's campaign began their morning in full mudslinging form, posting a YouTube video via their Twitter account warning Egyptians that the Muslim Brotherhood is "trying to turn the country into another Iran." The video showed scenes of May's bloody clashes between protesters and the army in Cairo's Abbassiya district, near the Ministry of Defence. Shafiq has been playing to the fears of many Christians and secularists, accusing the Brotherhood of trying to impose Sharia (Islamic jurisprudence) and curb freedoms. 8:00 Polling stations begin opening their doors to the voting public. At certain stations, queues had already begun to form outside in anticipation of the final elections day. Good morning. We've entered the second day and final day of polling in Egypt's presidential runoff elections. The first day of the runoff vote was overshadowed by numerous accusations hurled by the campaigns of Mohamed Mursi and Ahmed Shafiq against each other. Violations such as illegal campaigning in front of polling stations, vote-buying, directing voters to choose a certain candidate and arranging votes for military and police personnel were very common on Saturday. However, both campaigns shied away from reporting any fraud or vote rigging. Farouq Sultan, the head of the Supreme Presidential Electoral Commission, confirmed in a press conference that both candidates have committed elections law violations during the first day of the presidential runoffs. Overall, Sultan added, the first day of presidential elections was "90 per cent successful." "We observed more breaches committed by one candidate than the other," Sultan said but refrained from naming whether it was Shafiq or Mursi. The turnout on Saturday was relatively low, given the extremely hot weather that forced many to remain at home. Many voters seemed unenthusiastic about heading to the polls, a stark contrast to a somewhat festive atmosphere seen in the first round and last year's parliamentary elections. Large swathes of the electorate are disconcerted by having to make an unpalatable choice between Shafiq, who served as prime minister in Hosni Mubarak's last days in power, and the Muslim Brotherhood's Mursi.
