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ChaldoAssyrian Election Hopes Rest with Kurds

If 60% of the estimated 14 million eligible Iraqi voters showed up to the polls, that would mean that 8.4 million Iraqis voted and 30,545 votes would be needed to elect one person to the Iraqi National Assembly. With all the Expatriate votes counted and as of Friday 3.3 million …

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Iraqi Assyrians the Largest Voting Block in the US

AINA) — The agency in charge of the Iraqi expatriate vote officially released its results today. 265,148 ballots were cast by the expatriate Iraqis from the 14 countries hosting the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) Out-of-Country Voting (OCV) Program. The results have been electronically sent to the Independent Electoral Commission …

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Assyrians, Turkomen, Yazidis Protest Outside Green Zone

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Hundreds of Iraqis shouted slogans and waved Iraqi flags Sunday outside Baghdad’s heavily guarded Green Zone to protest alleged irregularities they say prevented tens of thousands of people in Mosul from voting in last weekend’s landmark elections. The demonstrators were mainly Iraqi Christians, Turkomen and Yazidis …

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Iraqi Turkmen Document Details Kurdish Election Rigging in Iraq

(AINA) — The Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF) issued an official protest to the High Commission for the Elections in Iraq on 31st January 2005 complaining about widespread irregularities committed by the Kurds in the Turkmen region. The document details extensive voting abuses by Kurds, including: Kurds voting outside of their …

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