Experts Help Run Iraq Vote Effort in U.S.
457199
John Gattorn has delivered aid to Liberia, registered voters in Bosnia and monitored an election in East Timor &#151; but his latest work has brought him to a giant warehouse in surburban Detroit.
376660
Iraq's elections should be nationwide, a top Bush administration official said on Friday,  clashing publicly with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's suggestion that voting might not take place in the most violent areas.
96079
The US government is under pressure from political opponents on whether Iraq's poll can be held as planned.
453911
The Bush administration and interim  Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi are pushing several Western  and Middle Eastern countries, including Iran, to join in  holding a conference in October to boost Iraq's electoral  process, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
201543
The US administration and Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi are trying to organize an international conference in October to boost Iraq's electoral process, Secretary of State Colin Powell said in a report.
591566
The United States and Iraq are crafting a two-pronged plan to prepare for Iraq&#39;s first democratic election in January, combining a fall military offensive to evict insurgents
236077
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.
375237
It's a voluntary army vs. a professional force. Button-down Republicans vs. street-wise Democrats. It's the ground war of American politics, with allies of President Bush and Sen. John Kerry spending fortunes to find their supporters and &#151; here's the hard, final part &#151; get them to vote.
110826
President Bush will be on the ballot, at least in the realm of public opinion, when Iraq holds its first democratic election in nearly half a century.
347606
Even before they cast symbolic votes against the Iraq war, newly empowered congressional Democrats are clamoring for a chance to limit and eventually end U.S. involvement in a conflict that has killed more than 3,000 troops.
730549
OTTAWA  - Canada will lead a team of electoral experts to assess conditions for Iraq&#39;s crucial elections next month, officials said, but the mission&#39;s make-up and mandate remained unclear.
565740
Officials have developed a plan to encircle the 5,700 polling centers with Iraqi security forces and U.S. and British troops. But Iraqi officials have warned that they expect a series of large attacks on, and in the days before, election day.
242292
A high-level US congressional delegation visiting Iraq called Thursday for between 15,000 and 30,000 more US troops to be sent to bring stability to the war-torn country.
344274
Iraq's Jan. 30 elections are likely  to be "less than perfect" due to violence but the United States  is working with Iraq to encourage the broadest possible  participation, the White House said on Wednesday.
753633
U.S.-funded programs stand at the heart of the American effort to make Iraq a model of democracy in the Arab world, but leading up to the country's upcoming elections, the overriding concern is security.
177647
OTTAWA (CP) - Canadian election officials are holding a quiet conference with international experts on Sunday and Monday to discuss preparations for next month's elections in Iraq.
23753
The United States has said it may send more troops to Iraq to protect elections in January against violence if US commanders decide they are needed.