A number of Egyptian rights groups have asked for the first round of the referendum on Egypt's new constitution to be repeated due to violations that marred it.

In a press conference on Sunday, the groups listed these violations:

• Lack of judicial supervision
• Disallowing civil society members from watching over the counting of ballots
• Allowing members of the Freedom and Justice Party to enter polling stations with official passes
• Unstamped/unverified ballots
• Religious slogans/demonizing those who do not approve of the draft constitution
• Deliberately delaying the vote at some polling stations of women, to deprive them from participation
• Putting under siege the headquarters of two parties that are members of the main opposition coalition (calling for a "no" vote)
• Lack of phosphoric ink - used to prevent voters from casting more than one ballot
• Closing of some polling stations before the due time
• Collective vote at some polling stations