5 hours agoIraq: Vote Recount to Start Next Week · Global Voices
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(8 years ago)Election observers in Iraq say the manual recount, following controversial voting in parliamentary elections, will begin 3 July. According to initial results of the elections held in May, the bloc of Shiit clergy, Muqatada al-Sadr, has won the largest number of votes. However, voting in parliamentary elections was described with [...]
Election observers in Iraq say the manual recount, following controversial voting in parliamentary elections, will begin 3 July.
According to initial results of the elections held in May, the bloc of Shiit clergy, Muqatada al-Sadr, has won the largest number of votes.
However, voting in parliamentary elections was described on charges of misusing, as election officials used electronic cars to count votes, the REL writes.
Leigh Hamza, spokesman for the Independent Election Commission, said today that recounting of votes would be monitored by the United Nations, local party officials and various diplomats.
The May parliamentary elections are the first in Iraq since Baghdad declared victory over Islamic State militants in December last year.
