In photos: Taiwan votes in presidential election

Jan. 12 | Taipei

Workers prepare polling stations before election day.

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Jan. 13 | New Taipei City

Bags containing ballot papers are laid out to be distributed to polling stations.

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Jan. 13 | Tainan

Voters carry their voting cards as they wait to vote.

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Jan. 13 | Tainan

Police guide voters at a polling station.

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Jan. 13 | New Taipei City

A child plays as people wait in line to cast their ballots.

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Jan. 13 | New Taipei City

Election workers sit at a polling station.

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Jan. 13 | New Taipei City

An election official asks people to turn their phones off in front of an election bulletin issued by the Central Elections Committee.

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Jan. 13 | Taipei

An election official sorts ballot papers at a polling station.

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Jan. 13 | Tainan

A Taiwanese voter carries his voting card.

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Jan. 13 | Taipei

Ko Wen-je, presidential candidate and founder of the Taiwan People's Party, walks to his polling station.

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Jan. 13 | Tainan

Lai Ching-te, Taiwan's vice president and the governing Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) presidential candidate, before casting his ballot.

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Jan. 13 | New Taipei City

Kuomintang (KMT) presidential candidate Hou Yu-ih casts his ballot.

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Jan. 13 | Taipei

A voter in a wheelchair is assisted at a voting booth.

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Jan. 13 | Tainan

A man holds an infant as he completes his ballot at a voting booth.

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Jan. 13 | Taipei

People line up to cast their ballots at a polling station.

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