Tbilisi, GEORGIA: Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili casts his ballot as he holds his son Nikoloz and first lady Sandra Roelofs (L) looks at them during local elections in Tbilisi, 05 October 2006. Local self-rule elections began in Georgia on Thursday. According the Central Election Commission, 3,033 polling stations were opened, including four in the upper Kodori Gorge that Georgian authorities call Upper Abkhazia. Getty Images logo Getty Images 68 months ago

Tbilisi, GEORGIA: Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili casts his ballot as he holds his son Nikoloz and first lady Sandra Roelofs (L) looks at them during local elections in Tbilisi, 05 October 2006. Local self-rule elections began in Georgia on Thursday. According the Central Election Commission, 3,033 polling stations were opened, including four in the upper Kodori Gorge that Georgian authorities call Upper Abkhazia.

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