Word: voter
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Security remains the major obstacle to holding a credible election on January 30, because of the insurgency's unchecked ability to wreak havoc at the polls. The goal of the insurgents is to keep voter turnout as low as possible, in order to deny the election legitimacy. U.S. and Iraqi leaders have already acknowledged that voting will not be possible for many of the inhabitants of four Iraqi provinces - Anbar, Nineveh, Salahdin and Baghdad - which, between them, are home to upward of 40 percent of the population. Insurgent attacks have forced the resignation of electoral workers in Anbar and Nineveh...
...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...
...vote right now," says Karim, 43, an electrical-goods salesman who supports a family of 12. His neighborhood, the hardscrabble district of Washash, home to a mainly Shi'ite population of laborers and small traders, is one of the few in Iraq's capital where a high voter turnout is predicted. His mother Sabiha has lofty hopes for what an elected Iraqi government can achieve. "It will solve all our problems," she says. "We will have electricity, my children will have jobs, and I won't have to worry about their safety when they...
...Kerry, who had commented little before that morning on his electoral loss to George W. Bush, also put forward some of his most vehement criticism of the president’s policies and of voter disenfranchisement in last November’s elections...