Voting started on Saturday morning in Mauritania, 11 months after the northwestern African country suffered a coup led by General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. Aziz is among the nine candidates competing for the presidency of the nation of some three million population. The election has been postponed from June 6 to July 18. The civilian government of Mauritania was overthrown on Aug. 6, 2008, in a military coup led by General Aziz. On April 16, 2009, he resigned from the military to run for president in the elections. Voting was originally set for June 6th, but disputes among different sections put off the election to July 18. Nine candidates are vying for the top job while Aziz is widely seen as the most favorable among them. 