VOTING BEGINS FOR SNAP PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN IRAN TO ELECT RAISI'S SUCCESSOR

The polls have opened for the snap Presiden_tial elections in Iran on Friday, to elect the successor of Ebrahim Raisi, who met a tragic fate in a chopper crash on May 19 this year.

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It is pertinent to note that any Iranian 18 or older can vote in Friday's election in Tehran, reported AI Jazeera 58,640 polling stations are set up across the country in public spaces including mosques and schools.

Voters must first complete an application and present their national ID card, to be able to cast vote at the polling booth.

Voters use the secret ballot to write down the candidate's name and code, which they then deposit into a ballot box, according to AI Jazeera.