Egypt Attempts to Boost Election Turnout With a Half-Day Off

Egyptian authorities granted government workers a half-day off on Monday in an attempt to bolster low turnout in the country’s election for the first legislature since a chamber dominated by Islamists was dissolved by a court ruling in 2012

An Egyptian man casts his vote at a polling station in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, May 28, 2014. AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty

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