Election Complaints Emerge in Iraq

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Some polling stations were shuttered. Others ran out of ballots. A provincial governor's name was left off the list of candidates. And some minorities complain it is all a plot to silence them.

One week after Iraq's historic election, allegations of confusion, mismanagement or worse are surfacing, complicating the vote count and perhaps providing ammunition for politicians to question the entire process if they do not fare well in the final tally.

It is too early to tell if the criticism can undermine the legitimacy of the incoming National Assembly. But in some local races, fears are already strong that flawed elections will give rise to provincial councils with skewed demographic representation.

The most serious allegations are concentrated in violence-plagued areas or those with mixed religious and ethnic groups. Failure to reconcile discord over the Jan. 30 vote could worsen local tensions.

http://asia.news.yahoo.com/050206/ap/d88382380.html

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1. One thing is certain:

There will be more nerve over there than there was here when "Some polling stations were shuttered. Others ran out of ballots. (...) And some minorities complain it is all a plot to silence them."

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2. Uh- oh.....WAIT A MINUTE I KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN

The CIA puppet that the Bush Crime Family propped up lost big time and now the Bush Crime Family is going to use this shit as a copout to void the election because of questions of "legitimacy" of the election.

[movonne]

5. I thought the same thing....good excuse to rerun the election, until

they get it right...

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3. I think this is a new *permanent* trend with elections...

regardless of whether there was or wasn't. Sad, but I think that we'll continue to hear this whether it's the Ukraine, Iraq, Germany, Spain, the US or wherever.

[movonne]

6. Do you think that this crazy administration is behind all of these

election stealing???? I think it is quite possible.

[merh]

4. Surprise, surprise!

:freak: Who'd have ever thunk! :shrug: <<extreme sarcasm>>

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7. Get over it. nt