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Observatory: political parties buy voter card for $ 100

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The Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights on Thursday revealed partisan practices to win electoral votes by buying electoral cards from citizens, calling for accountability of these parties and the application of the law to them.

The Observatory said in a report that "representatives of some political parties in Anbar province promote the purchase of voter cards for $ 100, at a time when other parties promise to release detainees from the province."

He called on the Electoral Commission to "monitor the behavior of candidates, and impose severe penalties on those who seek to buy the receivables or carry out aid distribution campaigns."

He stressed that "increased in the provinces restored attempts to buy voter cards or take promises from the voters paper pledges to elect some parties for $ 100, and performs this task some mobile teams belonging to political parties there.

The report pointed out that "the situation in the province of Salah al-Din does not differ from Anbar, but this time in the camps of displaced persons, which is visited by a number of candidates on a continuous basis, distributing simple food, to the displaced."

He added that "electoral system No. 11 of 2018 established by the Independent High Electoral Commission, must be binding for all, and not compete with the behavior of candidates with what it said."

He stressed that "the practices monitored violated Article 12 and Article 15 of the campaign system, No. 11 of 2018, which prohibits the practice of any form of pressure or coercion or promises to influence the election results."

He stressed that "practices observed humiliate human dignity and violate the right to elections, and also harm the transparency of the electoral process in the country."

The Iraqi election law provides for penalties, between fines and imprisonment, for those entities and individuals who violate its laws, and exceed the permissible. C

 

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ANALYZING VOTER ATTITUDES TOWARDS 2018 ELECTIONS IN IRAQ

Posted by Iraqi Thoughts | Dec 18, 2017 | Featured, Politics | 0 

Hashim Al-Rikabi

A recent nationwide public opinion survey looked at voter attitudes towards the upcoming parliamentary and provincial elections in Iraq, scheduled for May 2018.  The results of the survey, which interviewed 2,300 people across all 18 provinces, offer some interesting insights into voter participation, preferences and priorities.

Electoral Participation

The survey results found that approximately 59% of participants expressed willingness to participate in the upcoming elections in contrast to 16% who said they would not vote, and 25% who were undecided. There was no difference between males and females in regards to the participation (males 60%, females 57%; margin of error 3). Also, the findings of the survey indicate that all youth groups enjoy similar willingness to participate in elections at the level of 60%, which was a slightly higher than older age groups, as shown in Chart I. In terms of attitudes along ethnicity, Kurds appeared less interested in taking part in the upcoming elections, compared to Arabs and Turkmen, as shown in Chart II.

Chart I. Electoral participation based on age groups

Chart II. Electoral participation based on ethnicity

Electoral programs

Participants were asked to cite their top two issues of concern in response to a question about electoral programs. The findings show that the four important electoral issues were economy & services 44%; security & borders 43%; job opportunities 32%; and combating corruption 28%.

Chart III. Most desired electoral programs

The results show that young people between the ages of 25 to 31 were most concerned about job opportunities whereas older generations were naturally less inclined and more concerned with security.

Chart IV. Desirability of programs that focus on job creation based on age groups.

 

Concerns about corruption were most prominent among younger age groups. Some 83% of people aged 32 – 38 cited corruption as a key electoral issue, as shown in Chart V. However, the interest in combating corruption becomes less of a priority among older age groups, as shown in Chart VI.

Chart V. Prioritizing combating corruption as a key electoral issue among younger age groups

Chart VI.  Combatting corruption as a key electoral issue among older age groups

Voter attitudes

Survey findings show that four types of candidates received the greatest support among the electorate. These are: civil/secular trends 24.2%; technocrats 23.9%; groups supported by the religious establishment in Najaf (Marja’iya) 14.9%; cross sectarian lists 12.4%, as shown in Chart VII.

Chart VII. Electoral Attitudes of Iraqi Electorate

However, people who indicated that they would vote for lists that are supported by the Marja’iya are geographically concentrated in central and southern parts of Iraq. These lists enjoy the greatest support in the provinces of Najaf, Karbala, Babil, Qadisiya, and Muthana, as shown in Chart VII. Also, voter participation is significantly higher among those who indicated their support for lists aligned with the Marja’iya (66%), as shown in Chart VIII.

Chart VII. Electoral preferences in Najaf, Karbala, Babil, Qadisiya, and Muthana

Chart VIII. Voter participation among Marja’iya trend compared to general trend

Conclusion

The survey found that there are no differences among men and women in terms of voter participation. Willingness to participate in the upcoming elections falls within the range of previous election turnouts.  However, electoral attitudes and preferences for certain electoral programs seem to vary based on age, ethnicity, and geographic location.

Concerning electoral programs, those that focus on economy and security seem to dominate electorate preferences, as well as combating corruption. In contrast, the electorate seems much less interested in programs that focus on reconciliation (4.6%), resolving Baghdad-KRG outstanding issues (3%), foreign policy (2.7%), decentralization (2.4%), and sports (1.5%). However, it is worth noting that the survey was conducted before the Kurdish referendum and its aftermath. Nevertheless, there appears to be a gap between the most divisive political issues among elites on the one hand, and the priorities of the general public on the other.

HASHIM AL-RIKABI

Hashim Al-Rikabi is a researcher at Al-Bayan Center for Planning and Studies in Baghdad where he focusses on institutional reform and rule of law. He holds a Master’s in Political Science from Western Illinois University.

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Deputy: The current cabinet cabinet will see a complete change in the next government

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The MP for the National Alliance Zahir al-Abbadi, on Friday, that the current cabinet cab will see a change to the full faces existing, during the formation of the next government.

 

"The next government will be built on the basis of the independent technocrats, so all current ministers will be replaced in the next cabinet," Abbadi said in a statement."He said.

 

Abadi added that "there is a general trend in all political blocs towards achieving this requirement," stressing the need to "choose the competence and the holders of competence in order to ensure their access to power"He said.

 

The next parliamentary elections are due to take place on May 12 next year, following the ratification by the House of Representatives of the aforementioned date, preceded by political differences between the leaders of the Kurds and the Sunnis after demanding the postponement of the elections.

 

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Abadi orders to investigate the sale of fake employment contracts for electoral gain

Prime Minister Haider Abadi ordered an immediate investigation into corruption cases. 
A statement issued by his office said that the files of corruption "related to the allegations of the offer or sale of fictitious employment contracts to citizens by political parties and the degrees of functional does not have financial allocations in the budget and does not exist originally with the aim of achieving electoral gain illegal"

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Newspaper: Iraqi political blocs agreed on a "Charter of Honor" under the auspices of the United Nations

 

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The newspaper "Middle East" in a report published on Saturday, an electoral code of honor agreed by representatives of the leaders of blocs and political forces after difficult negotiations, mediated by the United Nations and Western experts.

The document, which was published by Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper and read by Mawazine News, said that it had 24 items to govern the legislative elections scheduled for next May, including condemnation of any sectarian or ethnic discourse and rejection of violence, as well as refraining from using means of pressure such as threats, incitement, To vote. "

The document, which is located on three pages, stressed the need to neutralize the security file and not to use it for electoral purposes before the elections. In the post-election phase, it urged the parties to sign the peace process, accept the election results and engage the parties in an immediate manner to prepare for the formation of a new government according to the constitution "He said.

 It also included a "mechanism for the implementation of the Charter through the formation of committees of representatives of the forces and the High Electoral Commission and the United Nations Mission in Iraq UNAMI and held a meeting once a week or every two weeks, leaving the door open for meetings with leaders of political forces in cases of necessity."
According to the newspaper, "This document is a summary of work behind closed doors between Western experts and Iraqi political figures, which included a meeting in Baghdad in mid-January after a year and a half of discussions in which representatives of the major political groups and figures (Mohammad Nuri Abed Rabbo) - Mohammad Al-Musawi (Nuri Al-Maliki), Mohammed Mohsen Al-Zubaidi (Al-Mutawla), Al-Musawi (Nouri Al-Maliki), Al-Zubaidi (Hadi al-Amiri), Abdul Karim al-Naqib (Hammam Hamoudi), Amir al-Kanani (Muqtada al-Sadr) Shamri (Ammar Hakim), in addition to a representative of President Fuad Masum.
A meeting was held in Baghdad between the participants of the European Union, Sweden, Italy, Norway, France, Britain and Germany. Some participants raised the importance of including the Kurds in the process. Another meeting was held in Brussels in mid- Broader than political forces. 
As Iraq was heading for an election in May, emphasis was placed on providing a positive atmosphere. UN Representative Jan Kubić soon adopted the initiative and provided the international cover to push the forces and political blocs to sign a document that would be the reference to the voting process. 
President Masoum, Parliament Speaker Salim al-Jubouri and Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi are to announce the document called the Electoral Charter of Honor between the 6th and 9th of next month, before the start of the election campaigns on April 10, which lasts one month before the start of the ballot on May 12.

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National values the postponement of biometric registration in Nineveh and calls for resolving the problem of the displaced

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price of the National Coalition in Nineveh province on Saturday, the response of the Electoral Commission to postpone the registration of biometric in the province, while calling for resolving the problem of displaced in terms of handing over the ballot cards and the mechanism to cast their votes.

In a statement received by Al-Nour News, the coalition said, "We appreciate the speedy procedures of the Commission to facilitate the receipt of the voter's card in Nineveh province." The procedures, despite the urgent response to the distribution of the card in Nineveh, Voter cards and not to announce their voting mechanism clearly is a matter of concern and surprising. "

The National Coalition in Nineveh stressed the "procedures of the Electoral Commission in dealing with the displaced and their places of voting." He called on the people of the province to "accelerate the receipt of their electoral cards and to participate in casting their votes to miss the opportunity for those who linger in Nineveh and prevent their return to prosperity, safety and knowledge."

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Intensive movement in the provinces in preparation for the upcoming elections

26/3/2018 12:00 am  Amara, Saad al-Kut, Hassan al-Azzawi, Kirkuk and Nahdat Ali Nineveh tribes on Sunday urged their citizens to participate in the upcoming parliamentary elections by reviewing the registration centers and updating their electoral cards, while the central and southern governorates witnessed a large movement of the offices of the Electoral Commission and the concerned parties in preparation for the elections due on 12 May. The governor of Nineveh, Nofal al-Aakoub, said in a statement to the "morning": "A number of the tribes of Nineveh discussed at a meeting within the building of the province of Nineveh; ways and methods of effective participation of the people of the province in the upcoming parliamentary elections." The tribes, Change the reality of the province through their active participation in the upcoming parliamentary elections. "  For his part, revealed the director of the Office of the Electoral Commission in the province of Nineveh Mohammed al-Badrani a significant increase in the distribution of electoral cards in registration centers throughout the province. Al-Badrani said in a statement to the "morning": "The Commission distributed more than 3,500 electoral cards in a short time frame within the city of Mosul and the city's outskirts also," adding that "the distribution process continues in all centers, and there is very large turnout in the center of Mosul, And right, and also villages and areas close to and far, "and stressed Badrani the absence of any problems during the distribution and issuance of cards to all voters throughout the province.  In the same context, the Electoral Commission of the Office of Kirkuk achieved 63% of the registration of biometric and 48% of the distribution of voter cards among citizens. The director of the Office of Kirkuk to the Electoral Commission Imad Wali said in an exclusive statement to the "morning" that "their office in Kirkuk and through their centers spread throughout the province and the number of 43 centers, including 25 in the city and 18 in the districts and districts; achieved 63% of the registration of the biometric, Transparency of the electoral process, "pointing out that" the distribution of voter cards in the province has also achieved 48 percent, "and called on citizens to turn to centers to receive their cards, adding that" they work according to a mechanism that includes the reception of all citizens, even citizens of the liberated areas who have been lost lost and lost Bringing arrived in court for reporting and an update process to receive a voter card. "   For his part, a member of the Arab political council in Kirkuk, Yasser al-Jubouri said in a statement to "morning", "The component works with UNHCR to solve the problem of citizens of liberated areas who lost their documents or suffer from loss of work in accordance with a mechanism to ensure the speedy delivery of their cards during the remaining period to ensure Their participation and their right to vote. "  Meanwhile, the central and southern governorates witnessed great mobility by the IHEC and the concerned parties in preparation for the elections. In Wasit, the director of the UNHCR office in the governorate, Nasser Kazem, said that his department "started distributing electronic voter cards to private voters among the voters of the internal and military security forces within 18 A center was opened throughout the province. " In a statement to al-Sabah, Kazem said that his constituency would distribute 27,000 voter cards to the special vote by a card for each voter throughout the province except for the military forces in charge of securing the liberated areas. He added that the cards will be protected, "He added that" the Commission organized lists of names covered by a special vote of police and army personnel within the 18 centers distributed between the center of the city of Kut and the provinces of Essaouira, Azizia, Nu'maniyah, Hay and Badra after the names of those covered by the special vote were removed from the general voting lists, "pointing out that" the centers It has seen wide popularity from QB Members of the security forces to take over their voting cards. " "The candidates for the session of the parliament in the province of Wasit for the next session numbered 180 candidates distributed among 33 entities will compete during the next election on 12 seats, including one seat of the Elephant, which are allocated to the province according to the population density of the province," he said, "The existence of a single entity within the entities involved," He added that "the Office of the Independent High Electoral Commission, pending the final ratification of the names of candidates after being subjected to the accountability and justice and not include criminal provisions and dishonorable."  For his part, the Office of the Elections Commission in Maysan under the supervision of the Director General Jafar Kazim Jabr; a number of training workshops on the acceleration of the results for the upcoming parliamentary elections. The Director of Media of the Elections Commission Maysan Salah Naim said in a statement to "morning", "The training workshops established by the Training Division included explaining the mechanisms and procedures of the work of the acceleration of the results and use on the day of the ballot and how to vote by voters, and comes this workshop within the first phase of the training process Which included the staff of the registration centers deployed in (30) centers distributed in the center and districts and areas of the province.   In Najaf, the Directorate of the province police held a meeting with the officers of the Directorate on the upcoming elections, and a statement by the Directorate of Najaf police, "the director of criminal and movements Brigadier Nasser Salman held a meeting on the mechanism of protection of electoral centers and the participation of the security services," adding that " Special security for the  upcoming elections . " Meanwhile, the Independent High Electoral Commission confirmed that "a number of media and social networking sites dealt with multiple news, some fabricated and the other, which contribute to disrupting the will of the voter and the electoral process as a whole, including organized operations based on the sale and purchase of electronic voter cards or the use of Twisted ways to broadcast rumors in the buying and selling of voters' voices, including the willingness to use ways to ensure the thousands of votes for candidates for money. "  The Commission pointed out that such false news, aimed at shaking the voter's confidence in the electoral process and hit the preparations of the Commission and the strong measures that are working to provide to ensure the success of electoral benefits through the use of modern electronic technology, which will be an important reason to enhance the confidence of citizens in elections as well as reduce the pursuit To disrupt the electoral process and their attempts at fraud.

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Issued number (4484) of the Iraqi fact sheet in 2018/3/12

 

2018-03-25 12:26:00

1 - Law of the Second Amendment to the Law of Elections of the Iraqi Council of Representatives No. (45) for the year 2013.

2. Presidential decree.

3 - Instructions for the establishment of private employment offices No. (1) for the year 2018.

4. The first amendment to the provisions of the discipline of students in the institutions of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research No. (160) for the year 2007.

5 - Statement of the formation of the court in the area of Yusufiya linked to the Presidency of the Court of Appeal Baghdad / Karkh Federal No. (38) for the year 2018.

6- Statement of establishment of Al-Mansour General Contracting Company. 

 

 

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Deputy policy reveals a problem facing candidates with accountability procedures

 

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A member of the Iraqi Council of Representatives Abdul Rahman al-Loezi said on Monday that the accountability and justice procedures in this electoral cycle resemble the procedures in previous sessions and the evidence of the increase in the number of wanted to call compared to the number of candidates.

"A part of the problem is related to the candidates themselves and the political forces behind them," al-Loizi said in a statement to an Arab newspaper.

He added that "some political forces seek to win candidates by giving them money on the pretext of helping them in their campaigns without looking at their personal history and conformity with the criteria for nomination."

He pointed out that "some candidates are not interested in winning a parliamentary seat, but is interested in obtaining a sum of money from this political party or that to nominate and complete the electoral list only, and therefore does not care much in the event of accountability and justice and the maximum of the elections."

He drew another kind of candidate "depends on the strength of the coalition that nominates him, and believes that he is able to resolve his personal file in the accountability and justice in the event that it was covered by its actions."

It is noteworthy that the accountability and justice, announced the call of 620 candidates for the upcoming elections, to ascertain the personal conduct of them, and whether they had previously belonged to the Baath Party dissolved, or held a position in a security or intelligence services before 2003.

 

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accountability and justice calls for hundreds of candidates, including a former minister

 

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The Justice and Accountability Commission announced on Monday the call of hundreds of candidates for the upcoming elections, to ascertain the personal conduct of them, and whether they had previously belonged to the Baath party dissolved, or occupied a position in a security or intelligence services before 2003.

A member of the accountability and justice, Faris Bakua, said that the Commission summoned 620 candidates to confirm some restrictions and information in their personal files, including former Defense Minister Khalid al-Obeidi.

This does not necessarily mean that the candidate who has been called off and denied participation, as in previous times, is a procedure taken by the Commission with the candidates.

On the most important issues that called for the recall of this number of candidates, Bakwa said it varied and sometimes related to the similarity of names between a candidate and a former member of the Baath Party, or with the name of a former repressive apparatus that the law prohibits their participation in the elections.

The accountability committee calls on the candidates who are summoned to submit evidence proving that they are not members of the Baath Party or the former security services, based on a member of the Justice, which confirmed the receipt of the name of the former Minister of Defense Khalid al-Obeidi on the list of the summons and must attend and answer some of the information shown by post-update files Officials and candidates.

He denied the accusations against the accountability and justice, regarding the lifting of the names of some former members of the Baath Party in exchange for money paid to some employees, considering that they are just charges and no evidence, and who has any evidence that can lodge a formal complaint and will be accountable to the body responsible for it .

On the issue of some candidates for exceptions to the accountability and justice, Bakoa said that the exceptions are not the powers of the Commission, but the powers of the Council of Ministers and the House of Representatives, and previously received former Prime Minister Saleh Mutlaq and Deputy Zafer al-Ani on the exception and participated in the elections.

Article 12 of the Law of the Commission provides that the Council of Ministers has the right to consider exceptional cases of returning to the position of those covered by this law and in accordance with the requirements of the public interest at the request of the competent minister and in coordination with the Commission and taking the appropriate decision thereon.

In the May elections, about 7,200 candidates are slated to fill 328 seats in the House of Representatives and have to overcome accountability and justice procedures, as well as not being involved in corruption or court cases of misdemeanors or dishonest cases.

 

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Includes the second amendment to the law of elections of the Iraqi Council of Representatives

issuance of the new issue of the Iraqi fact sheet No. (4483)

2018-03-26 10:41:00

(4483), including the Second Amendment Law of the Iraqi Council of Representatives Elections Law No. (45) for the year 2013, and a single presidential decree appointing a Resident Ambassador and Extraordinary Commissioner for the Republic of Iraq to the Republic of India. 
Director General of the Iraqi  Affairs Department, Shatha Abdul Malik, said that the new number also included the first amendment to the provisions of the discipline of students in the institutions of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research No. 160 of 2007 and two other statements on the formation

of the Judicial Court in Yusufiya, Karkh Federal and the second establishment of Al-Mansour General Contracting Company.

 

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Accountability and justice calls for 620 candidates, including the president of the list of slaves in Nineveh

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The Electoral and Justice Commission announced on Monday the call of 620 candidates for the upcoming parliamentary elections to ascertain some restrictions and information in their personal files, noting that among those summoned to the head of the list of "victory" in the province of Nineveh, former Defense Minister Khalid al-Obeidi.

"The Commission has summoned 620 candidates to ascertain some restrictions and information in their personal files, including former Defense Minister Khalid al-Obeidi," said Fares Bakoa, a member of the organization, who was quoted by the newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat. "The summons does not necessarily mean The elimination of the invited candidate and the denial of participation as happened in previous times, but the actions taken by the Commission with the candidates.

On the most important issues that called for the recall of this number of candidates, Bakoa said that «varied and sometimes related to the subject of similarities in the names between a candidate and a former member of the Baath Party, or with the name of a member of the former repressive organs, which the law prohibits their participation in the elections».

He confirmed that "the name of former Defense Minister Khalid al-Obeidi is on the list of summons and he must attend and answer some of the information shown by the subsequent updates of the files of officials and candidates," denying the full accusations against the accountability and justice, the lifting of the names of some former members of the Baath Party dissolved in exchange for Amounts paid to some employees.

"The exceptions are not the powers of the Commission, but the powers of the Council of Ministers and the House of Representatives, and previously received Deputy Prime Minister Saleh Mutlaq and Deputy Zafer al-Ani on the exception and participated in the elections."

Article 12 of the Commission's Law provides that "the Council of Ministers shall have the right to consider exceptional cases of returning to the position of those covered by this law and in accordance with the requirements of the public interest at the request of the competent minister and in coordination with the Commission and taking the appropriate decision thereon. Ending / 25

 

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URGENT Parliamentary Law: Hosting the Electoral Commission to Demonstrate its Claim for US support

Release date: 2018/3/27 22:21 • 212 times read

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US Ambassador says Washington won’t support any side in Iraqi elections

The United States ambassador to Iraq, Douglas Silliman, stated that Washington will not back any party or coalition in the Iraqi elections scheduled for May 12 on Tuesday, NRT reported.

"The United States does not support any party or coalition in the upcoming elections," Silliman said in a press release on March 27, 2018. "But we will support a moderate, non-sectarian government that serves all the Iraqi people."

"The current government informs us that the Iraqi forces have a good plan to protect the elections, and we will not participate in securing them because the Iraqi forces are able to do so."

"It is difficult to manipulate and rig elections because the new system is used with a high degree of accuracy and no manipulation is allowed," he said.

A total of 205 parties and political entities will participate in the upcoming elections, which is lower than the 310 groups who ran last cycle because several parties merged and others have disbanded.

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Brokers buy voter cards for political parties in liberated areas

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الأحياء Stable neighborhoods overcame the sale of cards to troubled areas sheltering displaced people

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The frustration of a change through the upcoming elections, citizens to sell their electoral cards to political parties disappear behind intermediaries who manage the sale and purchase in some liberated cities. 
Contrary to expectations, residents of the settled neighborhoods in these cities were the most selling parties, while the troubled areas where displaced people were registered were less frequent. 
The price of buying the card varies according to the size and funding of the political party that succeeds in persuading the voter to sell his card and the importance of the region, where the city centers increase prices to reach 500 dollars per card. 
At the very least, the party that purchased the cards will destroy them to drop the right to vote for specific groups and constituencies, if they can not complete the deal to the end and vote for a specific party.
It is supposed to participate about 7 thousand candidates in the legislative elections scheduled for 12 May next, competing for 329 seats, the rate of 21 candidates for one seat. 
Taha Abdul-Ghani al-Hazimawi, an Al-Anbar candidate for the ruling coalition led by Vice-President Osama Najafi, said in an interview with Al-Mada yesterday about the existence of organized sales of voter cards in the province. 
Hazimawi, a member of the Anbar provincial council, denies knowing who is buying the cards because "they manage the deal through intermediaries and stay in the shadows." But he says, "They laugh at people's minds and buy cards at prices ranging from $ 50 to $ 200 or more in some areas". 
The bourse is subject to the sale of electoral cards to the criteria of the electoral district where the sale and the political entity that is buying, where deputies said in other provinces that the price of the card reached $ 500.
"In cities such as Falluja and Ramadi, the price of the card is rising because of the political competition there, and the political forces are competing in offering sales to convince the voter to sell," he said. 
According to Hazimawi, stable cities in Anbar are overcoming towns where security disturbances or displaced people are at a higher rate than voter turnout. "The population is frustrated by the change, including those who have decided not to go to elections so they sell their cards," said the local official. 
The political parties that purchase the cards exploit the state of public frustration, as well as the fact that more than half of those who are entitled to vote do not update their records and obtain the "biometric" card which has protection elements to prevent counterfeiting more than the previous one. According to Hazimawi.
Adel Al-Lami, an electoral expert for Al-Mada, said yesterday that "buying is for two reasons, either to block a certain party from voting by damaging the card or voting for someone other than its original owner." 
Although the previous card requires a fingerprint holder, but gaps in it allow one person to vote in more than one card, but according to Lami needs "accomplices within the electoral center to complete it." 
Iraq has a long record of accusations of rigging the elections, which in previous years were politicians and heads of major parties. In the last elections in 2014, Maliki was accused of rigging votes in areas west of Baghdad and obtaining remarkable proportions. He urged the dams in Anbar province. Maliki received a million and 74,000 votes in Baghdad.
Najaf's reference, in the past elections, has been a disgrace to the sale of electoral cards, after questions have been asked about the occurrence of such cases. 
Recently, the Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights revealed attempts to buy voter cards in the liberated provinces or take promises from voters with paper pledges to elect some parties for $ 100. "There are field visits by candidates for displaced people and war wounded in Mosul, Salah al-Din and Anbar," the observatory said in a report on its website. 
"The provinces of the center and the south are demanding promises from the candidates to distribute plots of land and provide government jobs, while some distribute mobile phone cards or some sports clothes to youth teams." The Iraqi election law provides penalties ranging from fines to imprisonment Bodies and personalities that violate its laws, and exceed the permissible.
In turn, confirmed the Electoral Commission for elections, last Monday, that "there is no truth to the news that talked about the sale and purchase of electronic voter cards." 
"It will use its constitutional and legal right to protect citizens and voters in particular, and will take the procedures stipulated by the law of electing the House of Representatives," she said in a statement. 
In turn, Ali Khadr, a candidate in Mosul for the Nineveh Coalition, criticized our identity, which includes a number of Sunni forces, notably the Al-Ahl al-Karbali Party, in connection with the extent of the city's biometric modernization, which led to the phenomenon of selling electronic cards. 
Eleven million voters have registered and updated their data in the country across the country, with up to 24 million eligible voters.
There are still more than two million and 500 thousand displaced, including 400 thousand eligible to participate in the elections, of which 278 thousand people have made their statements and ballot papers. 
On Tuesday, UNHCR suspended the biometric registration process, saying it would continue distributing temporary cards. 
In turn, Ali Khader said that "registration process in Nineveh needs more than a year because of the presence of displaced persons and the difficulty of moving them to registration centers." "The modernization process in Nineveh did not exceed 25 percent," said Khadr, a member of Nineveh provincial council. He noted that "the Commission was not serious in the process of registration Biometric."

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Strict decisions of the Electoral Commission on the sale of the voter card

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Strict decisions of the Electoral Commission on the sale of the voter card

 

29-03-2018 01:35 PM

 

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The Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) confirmed on Thursday that it will withdraw the approval of any candidate or party that officially proves that it has received the voter's card illegally, adding that it will punish any employee of the Commission for dismissal if it proves its cooperation with any party to obtain voter cards through sale and purchase. 

The Commission said in a statement today that in order to maintain the integrity and integrity of the elections and because the voter card is one of the basic pillars and important element in the voting process for electoral benefits, and to ensure the arrival of the card to the real voter and the preservation and use of the best form by the owner, 

1 - Withdrawal of the ratification of any candidate or party or political alliance proves officially and irrefutable evidence of obtaining the cards of voters in an illegal and twisted and will be referred to the judiciary to take legal action against him. 

2 - Punishing any employee of the Commission, including the staff of the registration centers and polling stations and stations to be dismissed from his job in the event of proven official cooperation with any party was to obtain voter cards illegally and legally and referred to the judiciary to take legal action against him. 

3 - Refer voters who are proven to be involved in the sale of electronic electoral cards of their own to the Iraqi judiciary for the purpose of taking measures to ensure judicial punishment. 

4- To hand over any person who proves to carry an electronic card other than his own electoral card on the polling day to the security authorities to refer him to the judiciary for the purpose of taking legal action against him. 

The statement pointed out that 'the Commission will work strongly and in accordance with the regulations and procedures taken by the province, on the conduct of the electoral process, and punish manipulators who try to interfere with the will of the voter is fair and the will of the people to choose his representatives'. 

"She will work with all neutrality and professionalism and she hopes all her partners will stand with her and contribute to the success of the upcoming parliamentary elections." 

It is scheduled to hold parliamentary elections in all Iraqi provinces in the provinces of Kurdistan, on May 12 next.

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The Electoral Commission reveals the new date for the campaign for candidates

29/03/2018 04:05 | Number of readings: 1

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The Electoral Commission revealed on Thursday why the postponement of the propaganda campaign until April 14, coinciding with the visit of Imam Kadhim (peace be upon him).

Commission member Hazem al-Ridini said in a press statement that "the Commission held a discussion on postponing the date of launching the election campaign to the 14th anniversary of the upcoming to coincide with the launch of the campaign with the date of the visit of Imam Kadhim peace be upon him."

He added that "the Board of Commissioners discussed the decision to postpone and was approved and will be the date of launching the election campaigns on the day set for it on April 14 next," while calling "political entities participating in the elections to adhere to the new date and non-violation."

The Electoral Commission confirmed earlier that it had taken punitive measures and fines against candidates who violate the controls of the Municipality of Baghdad in the election campaigns, while pointing out that repeated violations will deprive the candidate from running for elections.

The Secretariat of Baghdad had previously put in place controls and designs of electoral propaganda for entities and political blocs that will participate in the upcoming elections.

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You mean the voters have to have voter ID cards?? Novel idea!!

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1 hour ago, md11fr8dawg said:

You mean the voters have to have voter ID cards?? Novel idea!!

 

Sure is. In the good ole USA 🇺🇸 such things are looked upon with disdain. How dare anyone consider such an infringement on the Civil Rights of Millions of illegal aliens denying them the opportunity to vote for the candidates of their choice.

 

The list of what’s needing to be fixed in this country grows longer by the day.

[md11fr8dawg]

Indeed it does!!

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The document calls for the Electoral Commission to attend the meeting of the Council of Ministers .. And the source: may be interference

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Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers, Mahdi Al-Alak, called on the General Directors of the Electoral Commission to attend the meeting of the Council of Ministers, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday that the move may be an interference in the electoral process.

The source told Al-Ghad Press that "the Board of Commissioners may be natural to invite them, but the directors-general are preparing their invitation to interfere in the electoral process?"

 

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Officially .. Council of the Commission decides to withdraw the ratification of any candidate or political alliance proves that the receipt of voter cards illegally

31-03-2018 02:40 PM

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The Electoral Commission warned the elections and blocs of parties to manipulate the elections scheduled for 12 May next, and showed that the penalty of sellers and buyers of election cards may be up to fifteen years, and revealed that the Commission received the lists of candidates from the accountability and justice and sent to the Supreme Judicial Council for approval In two days. 

"The Board of Commissioners decided to take a lot of measures, including the withdrawal of the ratification of any candidate or party or political alliance proves officially and irrefutable evidence that he received voter cards illegally and twisted, and will be referred to the judiciary to take," UNHCR spokesman Karim al-Tamimi said in a press statement. Legal procedures against him, 'adding that' those who prove the definitive evidence of their involvement in the sale and purchase of electronic cards will be referred to the judiciary, 'stressing that' the penalty may be up to fifteen years. '

Al-Tamimi announced that the propaganda campaign will not be launched until after the lists of candidates have been approved. The Commission has postponed the campaign to prevent the election of any religious event. 

Al-Tamimi added that "the ballot materials were printed in China, and 430 thousand voter cards were distributed in Ninewa province and there is a large turnout of the people of the province to receive the voter card." He explained that 'the image of the voter will be distributed among political entities competing in the elections, The elections will be safe ', did not rule out Tamimi resort to the Commission for counting and manual sorting' if the Federal Court decided ', and he said that' the election centers will provide spare batteries for the sustainability of the work of the acceleration of the results and the carrier of the results of the election insured. '

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Chest for Iraqi voters: Your voice is more expensive than spice

13:31 - 01/04/2018

  

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The leader of the Sadrist movement, Moqtada al-Sadr, on Sunday called on voters not to sell their votes to the candidates in the elections against the article "Spice", asserting that their vote "more expensive than spice."

 "This is the product of spontaneous popular demonstrations and no one has any credit," Sadr said in response to a question about some candidates taking advantage of the situation of poverty and the paving of some streets with "spice", according to a statement issued by his office. Of spice ".

He added that "Spice in itself is granted to the infrastructure in Iraq," demanding that "the reconstruction should be according to the specialized bases and by the official bodies exclusively and no less than coordination with them."

"All your candidates are not to be tempted by the trivial things that do not guarantee and do not sing out of hunger or else it will be a betrayal of Iraq and its people," he said. Ending / 25 g

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MPs spend twice their total salaries for 4 years on "propaganda" and claims to activate the law parties

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Called on the coalition of "Fatah" Amer Fayez, Sunday, the Electoral Commission to activate the law of the parties to impose control on funds spent in the election campaign, pointing out that some MPs spent one month twice their total salaries for four years on publicity.

 Al-Fayez said in a statement to Al-Maaloumah that "the law of the legislator parties guarantees the right of the parties department in the electoral commission to ask all the candidates about the funds disbursed during the election propaganda and determine the amount for the electoral expenses."

 Fayez added that "the Commission did not do the law so far despite the major violations that took place during the past days of early promotion and raising banners and distribution of funds to voters and holding educational seminars."

 He said that "some candidates from the deputies and politicians spent in one month only double the amounts collected from the salaries of deputies in four years to buy the election cards and the establishment of lavish banquet and distribution of funds on the streets and provide services to confirm the existence of political funds in the election propaganda. Ending / 25 d