Iraqi immigrants sing songs after boarding a bus in El Cajon for a 100 mile tripe north to vote in the first independent election in their homeland in nearly 50 years at the former El Toro Marine Air Station in Irvine, Calif., on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2005. The Independent Iraqi Electoral Commission is allowing Iraqi immigrants living in 14 countries to vote by absentee ballot. The The voting end Sunday. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Iraqi immigrant, Raya Nawoom, left, of San Deigo, Calif. hugs her uncle Ronnie Nawoom after her bus ride from El Cajon to vote in the first independent election in their homeland in nearly 50 years at the former El Toro Marine Air Station in Irvine, Calif., on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2005. The Independent Iraqi Electoral Commission is allowing Iraqi immigrants living in 14 countries to vote by absentee ballot. The The voting end Sunday. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Maryann Betty, 20, right, of San Diego, Calif., dyes her finger before casting her ballot after riding the bus from El Cajon, Calif., to vote in the first independent election in their homeland in nearly 50 years at the former El Toro Marine Air Station in Irvine, Calif., on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2005. The Independent Iraqi Electoral Commission is allowing Iraqi immigrants living in 14 countries to vote by absentee ballot. The The voting end Sunday. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Iraqi immigrants with the Assyrian Christian Society, Nadia Khoshaba, third from left, from Phoenix, Ariz., is hugged by Mona Oshana, second left, after casting their votes in the Iraqi election at the former El Toro Marine Base in Irvine, Calif., on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2005. The Independent Iraqi Electoral Commission is allowing Iraqi immigrants living in 14 countries to vote by absentee ballot. Overseas voting continues through Sunday, which is Election Day in Iraq itself. At left is friend Jacklin Mushi, and at right is David Sargon. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Iraqi expatriate Sumaya Al-Kanani (R), who resides in Lincoln, Nebraska, looks on as her husband Zeki casts his ballot during the second day of voting in Rosemont, Illinois January 29, 2005. Iraqi expatriates braved long trips and frigid weather to cast their votes across the United States on Friday and Saturday. Those who were born in Iraq or have a father from there and are over 18 are eligible to vote for a slate of political parties of candidates who will form a transitional national assembly to write a new constitution for the country. REUTERS/Frank Polich
Iraqi expatriot Wajiha Abbas, who resides in Arlington, Texas, casts her ballot during the second day of voting in Rosemont, Illinois January 29, 2005. Iraqi expatriates braved long trips and frigid weather to cast their votes across the United States on Friday and Saturday. Those who were born in Iraq or have a father from there and are over 18 are eligible to vote for a slate of political parties of candidates who will form a transitional national assembly to write a new constitution for the country. REUTERS/Frank Polich
Iraqi immigrants Wisam Jabardi of Phoenix, Arizona, far left, with his son Mustafa Jabardi 14, center, and Hussan Al-Huusairawai, right, celebrate before voting by absentee ballot in Iraq's election at the former El Toro Marine Base in Irvine, Calif., on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2005. The Independent Iraqi Electoral Commission is allowing Iraqi immigrants living in 14 countries to vote by absentee ballot. Overseas voting continues through Sunday, which is Election Day in Iraq itself. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Faleh Aldragi, an Iraqi immigrant studies a voting ballot during the bus ride from El Cajon to vote in the first independent Iraqi election in nearly 50 years at the former El Toro Marine Air Station in Irvine, Calif., on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2005. The Independent Iraqi Electoral Commission is allowing Iraqi immigrants living in 14 countries to vote by absentee ballot. The The voting end Sunday. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
A police officer searches a car behind concrete barricades as Iraqis arrive to vote on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2005 in Nashville, Tenn. The Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq is allowing Iraqi immigrants living in 14 countries to vote by absentee ballot. Overseas voting continues through Sunday, Jan. 30, in five U.S. cities. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
An Iraqi woman living in Turkey reads election documents as she holds her baby before casting her ballot at an election center in Istanbul January 28, 2005. Nearly two thirds of registered voters are expected to have cast their vote after the second day of absentee balloting in Iraq's election, organizers said on Saturday. 'I believe by the end of today it is likely that we will be close to two thirds of those who registered having participated in the vote with one day still to go,' said Peter Erben, head of the Iraq out-of-country voting program run by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Fatih Saribas/Reuters