Egypt's presidential election turnout reaches 45 pct: authority

STORY: Egypt's presidential election turnout reaches 45 pct: authority SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 10, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:39 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Egypt's National Election Authority 2. various of Egypt's polling station in Cairo STORYLINE: Egypt's National Election Authority (NEA) announced on Monday that the turnout in the ongoing presidential election until Monday noon reached approximately 45 percent of the total eligible voters. There is a high voter turnout at polling stations across all provinces, especially at some 360 non-resident ones nationwide, Ahmed Bendari, executive director of the NEA and head of its Central Operations Room, said in a statement. The statement did not specify vote counting, but the NEA has said that some 67 million citizens are eligible to vote at more than 9,000 polling stations across the country. Bendari added that due to the high turnout, some stations ran out of voting cards and additional cards had to be sup