Saudis go to polls - but no votes for women

Saudis in the Riyadh region began voting in the country’s first nationwide elections as polls opened today.

Saudis go to polls - but no votes for women

Saudis in the Riyadh region began voting in the country’s first nationwide elections as polls opened today.

They had registration cards, voted behind privacy curtains, dropped ballots in boxes designed according to international standards and chose among candidates who ran Western-style campaigns, including posters, phone text messages and newspaper ads.

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