The coordinating body between the provinces is considering holding elections and confirms: America is a friend and Iran is a neighbor

[new york kevin]

Abadi better get the vote out, and get at least 1/2 of Iraq's population registered to vote. For I believe that al-Maliki can buy the votes of 250,000 Iraqi's. 

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Okay . . . What's needed is enlisting 250,000 (other) Watchers to Watch the Watchers ( no shenanigans please ) while the Watchers are Watching the Watched (Voters).

 

[jeepguy]

   -----  uhhhhh  when is them  there  elections  ?    we get that day off to right  ?  

[yota691]

Director of the UNHCR office in Cairo: We have identified five polling stations

 

 From 2018-04-30 at 17:17 (Baghdad time)

Follow-up of Mawazine News

The head of the Office of the Electoral Commission in Cairo Hazem al-Ghanmi, on Monday, the identification of five polling stations to enable the Iraqi community in Egypt to cast their votes during the parliamentary elections.

Al-Ghanami said during an interview with the Egyptian news channel, "Mawazine News", that "we were keen to hold elections abroad and we formed a committee at the embassy, through which we identified five polling stations according to the places of the spread of the community."

The director of the Cairo office, "The polling places are distributed in Giza and Nasr City and October 6, and was the establishment of an electoral center in Alexandria and another in Mansoura."

He pointed out that "all facilities are available from the Commission to observers and the media," pointing out that "the Commission has developed an information plan aimed at urging citizens to participate."

On May 12, the cabinet set a date for the parliamentary elections

 

[yota691]

Ninewa Election Commission announces measures to avoid fraud

 

 Since 2018-05-01 at 12:02 (Baghdad time)

Nineveh Mawazine News

The Electoral Commission in the province of Nineveh, on Tuesday, to take measures to eliminate fraud attempts during the upcoming elections.

"The Commission has taken many measures to prevent attempts to fraud in the province during the elections," said the director of the Commission, Nineveh Mohammed Hani, said in an interview with "Mawazine News" that "the elections of displaced persons in the camps will be conducted according to the conditional system, which allows them to cast their votes without the need for a card Voter ".

Hani added that "time passes quickly and we can not distribute voter cards to all the displaced in the camps," adding that "there are a set of conditions to avoid fraud."

He pointed out that "there are special teams will be present in the camps and provide observers and prevent acting on behalf of the head of the family to vote on behalf of members of his family."

The government set May 12 as the date for the elections

[new york kevin]

If the displaced are going to have a hard time to vote, or not be able to vote at all, slash then less than 1/8th of the Iraqi population will decide the outcome of Iraq's  future. Sounds ripe for collusion and voter fraud to me. Jmho.

Edited May 1, 2018 by new york kevin

[new york kevin]

If HRC can rig and steal the nomination and election away from Bernie Sanders,  surely al-Maliki's embezzled loot can be put to a similar nefarious purpose. Thus changing the course of Iraqi history from that moment onward. What does the GOI Election Commission have in place to prevent that? 

[yota691]

Coalition victory for / Mawazin News /: We will drop any candidate proves his purchase of votes

 

 Since 2018-05-01 at 16:50 (Baghdad time)

Private - Mawazine News

The victory coalition led by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Tuesday denied what some media and social media outlets were discussing about buying candidates for voters' votes. He also pointed out that any candidate who proves his purchase of votes will be dropped from the list.

The spokesman for the coalition Hussein al-Adli told Mawazine News, "I categorically deny the purchase of the candidates of the victory coalition to the votes of voters for 50 thousand dinars per vote and we will drop any candidate to prove his purchase of votes," noting that "any person has evidence or a document to do so, And then come and be punctuated. "

"We can not believe any news spread on Facebook," he said, adding that "these campaigns are deliberate defamation and part of the cheap and unfair competition in the elections."

Some media and social networking sites reported several news reports that candidates for the Al-Nasr coalition bought votes against 50,000 votes.

On May 12, the cabinet set a date for the parliamentary elections

[yota691]

Deputy: Candidates forced the voter to take the oath by voting for fifty thousand dinars

 

Wednesday, May 2nd

 

 

Alsumaria News / Baghdad MP on the Nineveh Muhammad Nuri al-Abed Rabbo, on Wednesday, about bargaining and extortion cases obtained from some parties and political blocs of voters in order to get their votes, while noting that some of the candidates compel voters to perform the oath to vote for him the amount of fifty thousand dinars .  Al-Abed Rabbo said in an interview with Alsumaria News that "there are some corrupt political parties that take and roam and everyone knows, taking advantage of political money to buy votes in Ninewa and other provinces," noting that "there are parties that distribute money and blackmail citizens and their bargaining in exchange for voting for them."     He added Abed Rabbo that "there is information previously had been confirmed these days that some people go to the voters and make them swear oath to vote for them in the amount of fifty thousand dinars," pointing out that "Integrity and the Electoral Commission to work more seriously to follow up these cases and field monitoring And accountability of those involved in the fact that this is the core of their duties. " "Many of the parties in Nineveh are exchanging voters for their votes in exchange for money, or exchanging them for the provision of ten or more votes to them on a specific matter or service from the state," he said, adding that "many implementers and office holders are trading citizens to provide them with service in return for providing a number Of the votes through clear bargaining obtained from some influential executive power, whether through the work of the governor contracts for thirty thousand people or a minister working contracts for five thousand people and another person transfers a group of employees and three ministerial orders without knowing where integrity and transparency of such exploitation of positions in election campaigns Of. " He stressed that "there are entities working on the distribution of forms to some employees must be brought ten votes for them or twenty or more or less in exchange for keeping it in its position and not be transferred to a Directorate or another department away or issuing orders to serve specific characters or punish others and other cheap bargains Which is today in the executive departments of the province without any accountability from the central government or regulatory bodies.  Abed Rabbo called on citizens to "go to the ballot boxes and choose the right person to defend their rights," adding that "in the absence of such a person, they must go to the ballot boxes and draw their ballot papers through the cancellation so as not to be exploited by people or parties." On April 1, 2018, the Integrity Commission called on all voters to report on persons and persons selling votes, while promising to take legal action against violators. A number of Iraqi officials have confirmed that some of the candidates for the elections are trying to buy cards to win votes, taking advantage of the poverty and destitution suffered by some Iraqis.

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Document .. Legal complaint to the Commission to exclude five candidates on charges of "supporting terrorism"

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On Thursday, Al-Maaloumah received a document addressed to the IHEC Board of Commissioners, including a complaint to exclude five candidates from the parliamentary elections for "fanning" sectarianism and supporting terrorism.

Iraqi lawyer Ahmed Shahid al-Karawi asked in his complaint to the UNHCR to exclude all candidates: Ra'ad Suleiman, Omar al-Jamal, Mudar Shawkat, al-Mezan and Yahya al-Kubaisi, referring to the names mentioned in "fueling" sectarianism and "supporting" terrorism.

"The complainants used television programs to incite violence and terrorism and called for igniting sectarian strife and threatening the peaceful coexistence of Iraqi factions and encouraging hatred and hatred in Iraqi society."

http://www.almaalomah.com/2018/05/03/306255/

[yota691]

Iraq's elections - a national referendum and competition that makes the birth of the government difficult

 Since 2018-05-03 at 10:12 (Baghdad time)

Follow up of Mawazine News

Several Shiite forces and alliances have emerged from the tent of one coalition in the Iraqi parliamentary elections slated for May 12, and some 500 candidates from 7,000 have been competing for one prime minister, who may not be the most popular in Iraq.

Although opinion polls indicate that the popularity of current Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is high, divisions within the major Shiite blocs will make the prime minister's choice a complex process that does not depend on popularity alone.

In an editorial published by Middle East magazine, Ibrahim al-Marashi said that these elections - which come after defeating the Dahedash organization - are considered a national referendum.

Almarashi, an assistant professor of Middle Eastern history at the University of California, San Marcos, the United States, said there were two new developments in the elections between coalitions seeking to represent the Shiite majority in Iraq.

The first is that the grass-roots factions, which emerged as a reaction to a pre-emptive organization offensive in 2014, have offered some 500 candidates to compete with another 7,000 candidates in Iraq's 329-seat parliament.

The second development is that since the beginning of this year at least five Shiite blocs competing for the post of prime minister, but the main Shiite blocs in the first elections that followed the overthrow of the regime of President Saddam Hussein in 2005 were nominated under one list is the United Iraqi Alliance Then under the tent of the Iraqi National Alliance.

•        The result is uncertain

The writer adds that the importance of studying these parties and coalitions is that the Iraqi prime minister will be chosen from among these blocs, and that his choice will be based on the votes of the parliamentary blocs and not on popularity among the people, and that the identity of this person will determine the fate of the national unity of the country.

A nationwide survey was conducted from 17 to 21 March and included people from Iraq's 18 provinces.

The poll showed that 60% of voters had not yet decided, indicating that the result is still uncertain in a vote taking place less than two weeks later.

The writer points out that the different Iraqi parties usually form alliances in each election, so as to increase the number of votes that can be obtained, and polls indicate that:

1.      That the bloc of "victory" led by Abbadi enjoys the support of the largest number of voters by up to 15%.
2.      That the bloc, "coalition rule of law," led by Nuri al-Maliki has the support of 5%.
3.      That the coalition, "Sarun" led by Moqtada al-Sadr enjoys 3.4% support.
4.      That the list of "conquest" led by Hadi al-Amiri - which includes most factions of the Popular Army - has the support of 2.5%.
5.      That the stream of "wisdom" led by Ammar al-Hakim receives 0.6% of the potential voters.
6.      That the coalition of "national" led by Iyad Allawi - which is not counted among the Shiite factions - has the support of 0.9% of voters.

•        Issues and challenges

The writer talked about the different possibilities for the emergence of alliances between the blocks and the complexities faced by each block, and said they all boast of winning the organization of a cheerleader, but voters are now concerned about the three main issues of creating jobs and providing services and security.

 

Critics have criticized the coalition of grassroots units, calling it a sectarian coalition founded at a time when the next government should promote national cohesion in the country and the idea of crossing communities.

But popular mobilization units say 25 percent of its members are Sunnis, and include engineering teams working on infrastructure development projects.

In the poll, 70% of the respondents said that they trust the coalition of popular mobilization units and its leader Amiri, who enjoys a popularity rate of 60%, making him third among other Iraqi leaders, or after Abadi (79%), Sadr (66%),

It is usual for the current incumbent to have a preference over his rivals when he is again running for office. While Sunni Sunnis fear and prefer Ebadi, the Kurds are different.

The analysis suggests that if the Abadi coalition manages to negotiate its continuation as prime minister for a second term, this may be a satisfactory result for Sunni Arabs who see it as less sectarian, but this may upset Kurds who oppose its rejection of their independence.

Regardless of the outcome of the election, the divisions within the Shiite political elite indicate that the process of forming the government will be long and arduous, especially as the next government faces major challenges.

The most important of these challenges is the need to enhance political harmony and enhance the capacity to address critical issues such as population displacement, unemployment and the environmental crisis, which are important humanitarian challenges that have led some expatriate Iraqis to join extremist groups such as the Homs. N

[yota691]

UNHCR reveals the number of organizations that will be tasked with monitoring elections

 

 Since 2018-05-03 at 12:34 (Baghdad time)

Erbil - Mawazine News

The Electoral Commission announced on Thursday the registration of 25 international and local organizations to take over the task of monitoring parliamentary elections scheduled for the 12th of this month.

Said a member of the Commission Said Kakaee in a joint press conference with the head of the Commission in the region Mazen Abdul Qadir in Erbil and his follower / Mawazin News / "The Commission has been able to register 14 electoral monitoring organizations in the federal capital Baghdad, and recorded 11 other regulatory organizations in the Kurdistan Region ".

He added that "these organizations have absolute freedom to monitor the electoral process throughout Iraq and will prepare reports on the electoral process has been required by UNHCR to hand over copies of those reports before publication to diagnose violations and deal with them," noting that "the ninth of this month will be the last A date for the registration of regulatory organizations ".

On May 12, the Council of Ministers set a date for holding the parliamentary elections

[yota691]

The Electoral Commission announces the opening of polling stations for the media vote

 

 Since 2018-05-03 at 18:38 (Baghdad time)

Baghdad - Mawazine News

The official spokesman of the Electoral Commission for elections, Karim Tamimi, on Thursday, the approval of the Board of Commissioners to open polling stations to vote for the media on the polling day scheduled for the 12th of May.

In a statement received by Mawazine News, Tamimi said, "The Commission has appreciated the role of journalists and journalists in supporting the electoral process. In order to maintain the continuity of the work and to continue their coverage of the polling day and their preoccupation with their press and media work, the Commission decided to open two polling stations on one side Karkh in the school of Omar Mukhtar and the second next to Rusafa from Baghdad in Marjeyoun school.

He added that "the vote for the media will be using their cards updated with the image of the journalist or media or short-term cards that do not have a personal image reinforced by a second touch."

He explained that "this action was in line with what the journalists and the media are carrying their media message aimed at serving democracy and elections."

It is noteworthy that the Council of Ministers set the 12 of May, the date of the parliamentary elections

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UNHCR denies the exclusion of the Internet as a mediator of the carrier and explains the reasons for using the "flash memory"

16:03 - 03/05/2018

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The Electoral Commission on Thursday denied the exclusion of the Internet as a data carrier from polling stations on Election Day, while explaining the reasons for using the USB flash memory.

A member of the Board of Commissioners Hazem al-Ridini told "Al-Maaloumah" that "the results of the elections will be sent via the Internet as a dedicated medium dedicated to send the election results after the polling process." He pointed out that the "flash memory" usb "will be helpful in the event of trouble in some Transmitters ".

"Flash will carry the data sent over the Internet for the purpose of auditing, as well as giving copies of the data to the blocks and parties participating in the elections for more transparency," denying that "the adoption of the flash memory"

Some media reported the adoption of the adoption of the adoption of the Flash memory "usb" as an intermediary Internet allowance to collect evidence from the polling stations after the election.

The Electoral Commission announced earlier, the examination of all electronic counting and sorting devices, confirming their readiness for the elections. End 25 T

http://www.almaalomah.com/2018/05/03/306304/

[King Bean]

News earlier this week (on DV) said folks interviewed in devastated areas like Mosul would sell their votes for $50, just to buy food. How you going to stop that?? Poor folks. What sucks is that most of their misery is caused by Maliki, but his group would be the one most likely (IMO) to buy votes. What a contradiction. What a messed up country.

 

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1 hour ago, King Bean said:

News earlier this week (on DV) said folks interviewed in devastated areas like Mosul would sell their votes for $50, just to buy food. How you going to stop that?? Poor folks. What sucks is that most of their misery is caused by Maliki, but his group would be the one most likely (IMO) to buy votes. What a contradiction. What a messed up country.

 

 

Cant help but ask the question- “ Did Abadi or his people see this coming?”

[yota691]

Today, the start of the security plan for the elections

05/5/2018 12:00 am  Three thousand lawyers for observation on polling day  Baghdad / Al-Sabah The Iraqi army has announced that it has deployed more than 3,000 lawyers to monitor parliamentary elections across Iraq. Interior Ministry spokesman Major General Saad Maan said in a press conference held on Thursday night that "the security plan for the elections has been completed." "The security plan for the elections will be launched on Saturday, May 5, and the security forces will be ready to complete the elections," he said. "The air force and the air force will be ready to protect."

[yota691]

UNHCR: There are no barriers to the participation of local observer organizations on polling day

 

 Since 2018-05-05 at 12:16 (Baghdad time)

Baghdad - Mawazine News

The head of the electoral administration, Riad Badran, said on Saturday that there are no obstacles to the participation of local monitoring networks from monitoring the electoral process on the day of the ballot.

 In a statement received by Mawazine News, Badran said that "some of the media reported statements or signals to the control teams about some of the measures taken regarding bringing the local observer of the long-term electronic voter card bearing a personal picture of him or short-term, Is inaccurate. "

He added that "the Board of Commissioners has decided to adopt observers within the control teams regardless of possession of those documents and is relying on the mechanisms adopted by the Commission through the system of local observers No. (3) for the year 2018 and the accreditation procedures," pointing out that "the Commission has taken a range of facilities for teams International and local monitoring, "stressing that" the last day to submit requests for local teams is on 8/5/2018. "

It is noteworthy that the Electoral Commission called on international and local organizations to participate actively in the monitoring of the elections, which will be held on 12/5/2018 and provided great facilities to them as an important partner of the electoral process.

[yota691]

UNHCR: No alternative to electronic counting devices

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UNHCR: No alternative to electronic counting devices

 

The Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) announced on Saturday that it has taken the necessary measures necessary for the electoral process to follow the day of the elections.

" The electronic equipment is in the warehouses of the Independent High Electoral Commission in all provinces of Iraq and the strong protection of the leadership of the security forces of the army and the federal police, " said Rizkar Haji Hama, deputy head of the Commission in a statement to PUKmedia .

Hama added that the Commission has taken all necessary measures to proceed with the voting process, pointing out that they set up cameras for monitoring inside the voting halls. 

He pointed out that the Commission will use electronic devices to accelerate the results of counting and sorting, stressing that he does not retreat from the devices and no alternative.

Hama confirmed the presence of a reserve in each electoral center in addition to the presence of site maintenance teams sent in all polling stations to all governorates, adding the existence of additional batteries for electronic devices.

He stressed in the event of disabling any of the electronic devices deliberately by the staff will be referred to the employee to the judiciary, pointing out that the protection of the organs and voters and polling staff lies with the security forces.

[yota691]

Distributed 86 percent of the ballots

06/5/2018 12:00 am   BAGHDAD / Al-Sabah The Independent Electoral Commission (IHEC) has completed its preparations for the special ballot to be held on May 10 and 11, confirming that it distributed 86 percent of the ballot cards and 103 polling stations in Baghdad for the participants. 71 percent before the end of the period set for Monday. This comes at a time when the Commission is conducting a process of simulating the stages of the electoral process from the election to the announcement of the results, in the presence of the Presidency of the Council of Representatives, leaders and heads of blocs and representatives of political parties and the media.  One day after the Referendum announced its position on the upcoming elections, many political circles welcomed the clauses of the statement, which were prepared by a road map for the next parliament and government. The statement addressed all issues related to the elections.  A member of the Board of Commissioners Karim al-Tamimi, a spokesman for the UNHCR said in a statement singled out by "morning": "The number of registration centers reached 1079 centers, indicating the distribution of 9 million and 884 thousand and 417 cards at the level of the general and displaced to 70.86 percent," noting that "the number The total cards at the level of the special ballot amounted to 904 thousand and 950 cards distributed 794 thousand and 591 cards and 86.08 percent. For his part, the director of media of the Electoral Commission in Rusafa Hussein al-Tai said in a statement to the Iraqi News Agency (INA) on Saturday, that "the Commission has prepared 49 polling stations for more than 260 polling stations to vote on the side of Rusafa, while 54 stations have been configured for more than 370 stations A polling station on the Karkh side, as well as 24 guest stations, where all technical and logistic preparations were completed in preparation for the special polling day.

[yota691]

Iran warns its citizens not to travel to Iraq

 

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The Iranian embassy in Baghdad on Sunday warned its citizens not to travel to Iraq during parliamentary elections on May 12.

"Given the closure of all constituencies and institutions across Iraq on the day of the elections, the Iranians who intend to travel to Iraq should change their travel dates," it said in a statement.

The embassy confirmed the closure of all Iraqi land, sea and air borders from the middle of May 11 for 24 hours, and to prevent any movement between the two countries during that period.

In turn, the director of the Office of the Representative of Hajj and the Iranian visit to Iraq, Mortada Hosseini, "not to send convoys to the holy shrines in Iraq on the election day, which falls on Saturday, May 12 and the next day."

On May 12, Iraq will see parliamentary elections, with 7,000 candidates running for the 329 seats.

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A source in the Baghdad operations denies there is a curfew on Saturday

 

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A source in Baghdad operations denied Monday that there was a curfew on Saturday. 

The source told Al-Ghad Press that "some social networking sites published a curfew from 12 pm to 6 pm on Saturday because of the elections."

He added that "after contact with the masters at the headquarters of the Baghdad Operations was denied the news," pointing out that "in the event of any updates will be announced."

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07-05-2018 12:27 PM

The Electoral Commission announces the completion of all the preparations and preparations for holding the parliamentary elections

 

 

 

The Independent High Electoral Commission announced on Monday that all preparations and preparations for holding the upcoming parliamentary elections have been completed and confirmed the allocation of electronic counting and sorting equipment at each polling station. The two next days will witness the transfer of equipment and equipment to polling stations. 

"All the materials and needs of the electoral process have been completed from ballot materials, inks, ballot boxes and electronic devices," UNHCR spokesman Hazem al-Ridini said. "The equipment and equipment will be transferred to polling stations within the next two days." 

"The Commission has completed the training of a number of staff to work as an expert on the electronic counting and sorting," noting that 'these experts will be deployed on the day of the ballot to address any situation on any device for processing or maintenance of technical'.

He stressed that the Commission 'has developed another plan to allocate backup devices at the level of each center in case the device can not be operated will be linked to the backup device'.

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Masoum hails the simulated election that took place today in the presidency

14:52 - 07/05/2018

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President Fuad Masoum praised the experiment of simulating the election held today in the presidential building, expressing the hope that the use of electronic counting and sorting devices in the subsequent elections.

"The work of the Electoral Commission for the elections is worthy of attention, and if anyone has any doubts about its work, they can go to the Federal Court to defend before it," Masoum told a news conference.

He added that "the Electoral Commission will be subject to the result of the law and all that will be in the interest of the Iraqi people."

It is noteworthy that the experience of simulating the electoral process has taken place, on Monday, in the House of Representatives and was attended by only five members and Vice-President Hammam Hamoudi, as expressed by deputies present the lack of conviction that experience, so they stressed the procedure in the presidential building on Tuesday. S

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[nannab]

The count down has begun. I could not imagine living in such chaos.

  Thank you Yota and good morning DV