Turnout low, Egypt extends presidential vote a day

Published May 27, 2014 9:14pm ET



CAIRO (AP) — “Where are the people?” one talk show host on a military station shouted as Egypt on Tuesday extended its presidential election to a third day in an apparent drive to raise voter turnout and avoid an embarrassingly meager show of support for former army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi.

Throughout the day, officials and supporters of el-Sissi, the expected winner, exhorted voters to go to the polls.

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