Because it was known that they would vote against the Sharia constitution. More on this story. “Egypt Islamists claim majority in referendum,” from AP, December 15 (thanks to Kenneth):
CAIRO A narrow majority of Egyptians who voted in the first round of a referendum on a proposed Islamist-backed constitution have approved the document, according to unofficial tallies compiled by the Muslim Brotherhood and released early Sunday.
An official tweet by the Brotherhood, Egypt’s most powerful political group, said its tallies showed nearly 57 percent of voters said “yes” to the disputed charter, while about 43 percent voted “no.” The vote was held on Saturday in 10 of the country’s 27 provinces, including Cairo and the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria, Egypt’s second largest city.
Voting in the remaining provinces will be held Dec. 22….
The violations reported by monitors included polling centers collecting votes without judges to oversee the process, civil employees illegally replacing the judges, ballot papers not officially stamped as per regulations, campaigning inside polling stations and Christian voters being turned away.