Getting Out The Vote In Belarus
Published 23 September 2012
Belarus is holding parliamentary elections that most of the opposition has boycotted. The vote is expected to elect a rubber-stamp parliament, with most powers remaining in the hands of President Alyaksandr Lukashenka, who has ruled Belarus since 1994.
1 Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka, accompanied by his son Mykalay, casts his ballot at a polling station in Minsk.
2 Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich leaves a voting booth in Minsk.
3 A woman reads a ballot before casting her vote into a portable ballot box in the village of Slobodschina.
4 OSCE observers at a polling station in Vytebsk
5 A woman casts her vote at a maternity ward in Mogilev.
6 A woman holds her cat as she signs a form before casting her vote into a portable ballot box inside her house in the village of Slobodschina.
7 A woman signs a form to receive a ballot before casting her vote in a portable ballot box near her house in the village of Skuraty.
8 A voter casts her ballot in Minsk.
9 Soldiers read information about the candidates at a polling station in Minsk.
10 A soldier leaves a voting booth in Minsk.
11 In the village of Svidna
12 In the village of Svidna
13 In the village of Svidna