Committee member helped to old man to vote "for Saakashvili" by marking #5. Ballot was found invalid #gvote @rferl twitter.com/franakviacorka…
— Franak Viachorka (@franakviacorka) October 1, 2012
Our observers in Sachkhere, Imereti report insufficient ballot papers in stations 12, 13, 24, 36 and 48 #gvote
— TI Georgia English (@TIGeorgiaEng) October 1, 2012
Via RFE/RL's Georgian Service: In Poti, some voters have petroleum jelly on their hands, making it easy to clean the ink marker off of their hands after voting.
I made a test with ink for marking voters. After 3 minutes o washing hands with soap it dissapear@ Tullari instagr.am/p/QPHnsNLvVG/
— Franak Viachorka (@franakviacorka) October 1, 2012
Via Franak Viachorka in the village of Tulari in Sagarajo region: He saw groups of voters were brought in minibuses. The people on the bus were not speaking Georgian (it is an ethnic-Azeri village). Members of the election commission were translating the ballots for the voters -- which is against Georgian election rules. It is not illegal for the ballots to be translated, but it cannot be done by officials. RFE/RL corr. spoke with some the voters, and they said were "ordered" to vote for group #5 on the ballot -- the UNM slate.
For the number geeks: detailed turnout info at all DECs at 12pm from CEC is available here: bit.ly/OyRXry #gvote
— Mari Kipiani (@mari_kipiani) October 1, 2012
I'm thrilled with the turnout today.Hundreds of thousands of Georgians have already voted #gvote
— Bidzina Ivanishvili (@B_Ivanishvili) October 1, 2012
Amazing pic from @txtbuk: #Nadzaladevi station 16: #gvote 93 year old soldier of the Great War and election observer.bit.ly/QRC0st
— TI Georgia English (@TIGeorgiaEng) October 1, 2012
#Gvote 14:45. Village Tullari. This moment - Turnout is only 12%. On precedent elections turnout was 50-60% @rferl twitter.com/franakviacorka…
— Franak Viachorka (@franakviacorka) October 1, 2012