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...Look at the Candidates Who's on the ballot, and who are the front-runners...
...candidates run in districts as individuals? No. The January 30 National Assembly election treats all of Iraq as a single electoral district, contested not by individuals but by parties or coalitions. Each voter has one vote to be awarded to one of the 111 parties or coalitions on the ballot. Each party or coalition has submitted a list of candidates, in order of preference, to the Independent Iraqi Electoral Commission. The party will be awarded a share of seats in the 275-member assembly proportional to its share of the vote. For example, if a party or coalition wins...
...Ballot? Iraqis arriving at the polls on January 30 will be handed a ballot paper that would be confusing to even the most practiced of electorates. For one thing, the vast majority of the candidates won't be mentioned anywhere on it. Each voter has one vote, which must be given to one of the 111 political parties and coalitions, listed in random order decided by lottery, on a ballot the size of a broad-sheet newspaper. Each party or coalition is identified by name, a graphic symbol, a number, and the name of the candidate...
...Look at the Candidates Who's on the ballot, and who are the front-runners...
With insurgents promising to sow chaos on election day, the mere act of casting a ballot has become a life-threatening proposition. Even in the holy city of Najaf, in the heart of largely Shi'ite southern Iraq, there are palpable fears of election-related violence. "Every day I watch when a car pulls up in the street," says Abbas Hamid Abdul Rezea as U.S. Marines erect concrete barricades across the road from his home at a school that will serve as a polling station. "Every day we are so scared...