Some Egyptian polling stations cordoned off

Riot police clashed with would-be voters and blocked off polling stations to prevent people from casting ballots in several Muslim Brotherhood and opposition strongholds today, as Egypt entered the final round of legislative elections marred by violence and allegations of rigging.

In one village, men and women determined to vote resorted to climbing over the back wall of the polling station on a ladder, slipping in through a bathroom window, out of sight of police barring the entrance.