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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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An election official checks a voter's fingers for invisible ink at a polling station during the parliamentary election in the village of Sartichala, Georgia on October 1, 2012.
An election official checks a voter's fingers for invisible ink at a polling station during the parliamentary election in the village of Sartichala, Georgia on October 1, 2012.
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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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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: 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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