1.   At some polling centers, voters were held up for hours by poor preparation.

2.   The rain not only turned the ground at the outdoor polling center into inch-thick red clay sludge.

3.   A gunfight outside a crowded polling center left three people dead Thursday and critically wounded a candidate, authorities said.

4.   A helicopter made sweeps over the capital, and soldiers frisked voters after checking their registration cards at the door to polling centers.

5.   All vehicles were ordered off the roads for the day to prevent political parties from transporting people to the polling centers in an attempt to win their votes.

6.   Authorities also ordered all vehicles off the roads for the day to prevent political parties from transporting people to the polling centers.

7.   Authorities ordered all vehicles off the roads for the day to prevent political parties from transporting people to the polling centers.

8.   Buses stopped in front of electoral headquarters to transport supporters to polling centers.

9.   In a novel anti-fraud move, voters were allowed to stay at polling centers after they cast their ballots and watch votes being counted.

10.   In central Algiers, metal blinds were drawn over most shops but traffic was heavy as voters streamed into polling centers from early morning through the evening.