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In Georgia, voters chose between the parties of President Mikheil Saakashvili and his chief rival, Bidzina Ivanishvili.
In Georgia, voters chose between the parties of President Mikheil Saakashvili and his chief rival, Bidzina Ivanishvili.

Liveblog: Parliamentary Elections In Georgia

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.

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Via RFE/RL's Georgian Service: In Chughureti district in Tbilisi (station N16), 2 people had ink that was not detectable, but GD observers did not file a complaint because "they are waiting for more serious violations."

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Via RFE/RL's Georgian Service: Some irregularities in Rustavi. The mobile ballot box (used to help home-bound people vote) is being moved without election observers present.

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Via RFE/RL's Georgian Service: A ballot box at polling station N21 in Kutaisi has "gone missing." Not clear what has happened to it.

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Things get testy at a polling station in the city Khashuri (in Georgian). The woman claims that observers were out of the polling statio (for reasons unclear), and she saw the ballot boxes being stuffed. Clearly not everyone agrees.

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