Parliamentary polls in Georgia on October 1 were seen as a key test of competing visions of the country's political course. Follow the elections and their aftermath with RFE/RL.
The International Society of Fair Elections and Democracy releases a first report on today's elections. Thus far, they report 12 violations. Read the whole thing here.
08:121.10.2012
Worrying. Embassy source: "there are already so many violations, enough for both sides to call the elections rigged" #gvote
"We are the team which you can trust. We are the team that will take the power into our hands and use it for the benefit of the people. We should win in elections." - Bidzina Ivanishvili
Georgia -- Leader of the opposition Georgian Dream coalition Bidzina Ivanishvili (C) addresses the media near his wife Eka Khvedelidze (R), who voted at a polling station during the parliamentary election, in Tbilisi.
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Saburtalo (dt.29) 3 women sitting in a car recording a list of which UNM supporters are arriving #gvote
Georgia -- Inmates wait before receiving their ballots during the parliamentary election at a polling station at Gldani prison No. 8 in Tbilisi.
08:001.10.2012
Via RFE/RL's Georgian Service: elderly voters are having trouble voting at polling place N1 because the ballot boxes are located up a couple flights of stairs.
