First free presidential race starts in Egypt

CAIRO (AP) ? Egypt has officially entered the run-up to its first-ever free presidential elections, with the door opening for candidates to submit their applications.

Politicians from the era of deposed president Hosni Mubarak, ex-military officers, and moderate and hardline Islamists are expected to become the frontrunners in a vote that is scheduled to start May 23.

The opening of the window for applications on Saturday follows decades of authoritarian rule, with all of the country's former presidents elevated from the ranks of the military and usually approved by referendum.

Mubarak, who was forced to step down last year after an 18-day mass uprising last year, was elected to his last term in 2005. Those were Egypt's first multi-candidate presidential elections, but they were widely rigged.

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