Reports of vote buying in Egypt

There have been instances of vote buying and voter coercion as Egyptians vote in their first elections since former President Hosni Mubarak was toppled in February.

"There's a lot going on. We've heard of vote selling, people paying for votes, people giving out hand outs for votes - sometimes money sometimes food stuffs. It seems like it still going on. We have also heard of a lot of coerced voting where the owners of large residential housing projects have asked employees to give in their national IDs so the vote can be done on mass on their behalf. [But] it is not as widespread as it was previously, at least not in Cairo." said campaigner Hatem Rushdy