If election authorities invalidate enough ballots to bring President Karzai's total below a majority then he and Abdullah would face each other in a run-off.

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That's 300 million negative votes -- more than twice as many than the total number of ballots cast in the 2012 US presidential election.

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Musyoka said more Kenyatta strongholds were counted Tuesday, meaning Odinga's vote total would rise as more ballots came in.

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Some 58% of the 18m registered voters (out of a total population of 34m) cast their ballots, a marked rise from previous turnouts.

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