"I can't read or write so I ticked the number" of the Kurdish ticket, said Fouad Fattah, 29, Kurdish policeman in Irbil. "I was afraid to make a mistake. I hope the Kurds get a great number of votes so that we can rule ourselves."
An illiterate Iraqi takes care to, and responsibility for, correctly registering his vote. Compare and contrast to Democrats in Florida '02 (or 'Rats generally).