The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces has decided that ID cards will suffice for referendum and elections, instead of the pink voting card.

A document belonging to the ousted regime, saved from the State Security headquarters, states the ousted regime's reasons for not using the ID card. One of those is that – according to the document – using IDs would have rallied Coptic voters behind their candidates, giving the Coptic community electoral weight.

The ousted regime would then have been forced to yield to the demands of Copts to increase their representation in Parliament and executive positions.