Syria's Presidential Election
- First multicandidate presidential election in decades
- Bashar al-Assad is running for a third term
- Two other candidates: Maher Hajjar and Hassan al-Nouri
- 15 million people are eligible to vote
- Voting is only taking place in areas under government control
- More than 9,000 polling stations are set up
- Some stations have pins so voters can prick their fingers to mark ballots in blood
- Opposition has rejected the election