Iraqis Brave Long Trips, Cold to Vote in U.S.
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Emotional and jubilant Iraqi  expatriates braved long trips and frigid weather to cast their  votes across the United States on Friday, their enthusiasm  making up for their low numbers.
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Despite a stepped-up commitment from the United States to take in Iraqis who are in danger because they worked for the military, few are signing up to go, officials say.
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US officials in Baghdad are fearing a fuel crisis, which is leaving Iraqi homes cold and dark and drivers waiting days for petrol, may inflame unrest before the election.
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Some smiled, some were stoic and others  hid their faces as Iraqis went to the polls Sunday, braving  anti-U.S. insurgents determined to drown the historic vote in  blood.
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Voters living abroad face an unwieldy system of absentee balloting that could prevent their votes from being counted.
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Tens of thousands of Israelis of Iraqi descent have the right to vote in the Jan. 30 elections &#151; including a former defense minister and a comedian known for his sidesplitting imitations of Saddam Hussein &#151; but it's hard to find anyone interested in actually casting ballots.
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Iraqi exiles from Australia to the  United States began registering on Monday for elections at the  end of the month, many of them voting for the first time in a  poll they hope will help bring democracy to their country.
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Millions of Iraqis turned out to vote  Sunday, defying anti-U.S. insurgents determined to drown the  historic poll in blood.
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Hussan Al Taee woke before the crack of dawn and drove seven hours from Arizona, but he was all smiles Monday after registering to vote in an Iraqi election for the first time.
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A quarter of a million Iraqi exiles, or  90 percent of those registered, voted abroad in their  homeland's historic election, organizers said on Sunday.
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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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The New Carrollton Ramada Inn and Conference Center has been chosen as the polling station for Iraqi immigrants in the Washington area who want to cast absentee ballots in their homeland's Jan. 30 election.
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Apathy and apprehension are keeping exiled Iraqis from registering to vote for Iraq's Jan. 30 elections, the head of Australia's overseas voting program said Saturday.
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U.S. officials in Baghdad fear that a  fuel crisis, which has left Iraqi homes cold and dark and  drivers waiting days for petrol, may inflame unrest before next  month's election.
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NEW CARROLLTON, Md. -- Mudafer al-Ziyadi, an Iraqi-American from Weymouth, endured a 10-hour van ride and a snowstorm Saturday night because he wanted to send a message to President Bush through a ballot box.
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Iraqi voter registration abroad is extended due to low turnout, as extra security is announced for the election.
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Americans abroad are registering in record numbers, and their votes could swing the U.S. election