Tens of Thousands of Iraqis May Have Missed Vote
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Tens of thousands of Iraqis, notably in restive Sunni Arab areas, may have been denied their right to vote on Sunday because of insufficient ballots and polling centers, officials said.
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There must be no delay in holding the scheduled elections in Iraq . The voting must take place on the day that was chosen, January 30, 2005, and if must take place throughout the country.
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AMMAN, Jordan  - Thousands of Iraqis voted abroad  Sunday as their compatriots at home braved bombs and threats to  go the polls in the first multi-party election in 50 years.
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Several political groups in Iraq are calling for the postponement of national elections, scheduled for January 30. The parties, mostly Sunni Muslim, Kurdish and secular groups, cited security
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Iraq's historic election was widely  hailed as an unexpected success on Monday but diplomats and  analysts warned that the failure of insurgents to wreck the  poll did not mean they were on the run.
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Iraq's leading Sunni Muslim clerics said Wednesday the country's landmark elections lacked legitimacy because large numbers of Sunnis did not participate in the balloting, which the religious leaders had asked them to boycott.
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Millions of Iraqis flocked to vote in a historic election on Sunday, defying insurgents who killed 35 people in a bloody assault on the poll.
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Iraqi expatriates, some of whom may have failed to register to vote in their homeland's upcoming national election because of weather conditions or a recent Muslim holiday, have been given two more days to do so.
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Despite long drives and scant notice, scores of Iraqi expatriates began registering to vote from afar in Iraq's election on Jan 30.
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More Iraqi interim government officials are calling for postponing Jan. 30 elections to ensure a higher Sunni voter turnout, a sign that a campaign of violence might be taking its toll on Iraqi resolve. The country's electoral commission, however, insists that voting take place as scheduled.
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But even as they exulted in the opportunity to vote, many expatriates expressed deep fears about Sunday's vote in Iraq.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A group of leading political parties on Friday called for a six-month delay to the Jan. 30 parliamentary elections, expressing concerns that widening violence would make voting impossible in large swaths of Iraq.
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For most Americans, registering to vote can be a tedious, humdrum process. For most Iraqis in this country, it's a brand new world.
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Security deterioration forces rethink in election date, US President hopes date would not be changed. By Rouba Kabarra - BAGHDAD. Iraq&#39;s electoral commission said it would examine Saturday a request by 10
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With seven weeks to go before landmark  polls, Iraq's electoral body is stepping up a campaign to  inform voters of their rights, but widespread ignorance remains  among the electorate, interviews show.
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LONDON -- Exiled Iraqis began registering to vote yesterday in their homeland's first independent election in nearly 50 years, with dozens arriving at polling stations in 14 countries from Australia to Britain to the United States -- and many expressing confusion at the process.
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Some couldn't read, but knew their party's identification number on the ballot. Others couldn't see, but were led to the polls by police. Across wide swathes of Iraq, especially in the southern Shiite and northern Kurdish areas, Iraqis went to the polls Sunday, expressing fierce determination and pride, together with hope that the election will improve their hard lives.