Posted on 10/14/2005 9:28:53 PM PDT by sonsofliberty2000
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) Voting has begun in Iraq's historic constitutional referendum.
LOL
Can you give us a view from the ground on how it is going in Bagdad?
bttt!
From: Iraq the Model:
Updates (2:45 pm local time):
-An official of the electoral commission announced that voters in any given province can cast their votes at any station within the borders of that province; this can make reaching the stations easier for some people who live far from their originally designated stations.
-Another electoral commission’s official in Erbil said that turnout in Erbil is light so far and he attributed that to the “concessions made by the Kurdish parties which Kurdish voters did not see appropriate”.
-170,000 votes were cast in the first 3 hours in Kirkuk, that’s around one quarter of the registered voters in the city.
-One attack was reported in Hilla; three armed men attacked a voting office but Iraqi security men were able to arrest the attackers. Nothing reported damaged in the office, one attacker was shot in the foot!
-Voting stations in Tal Afar are open but no reports on the turnout in the town, however the local officials of the electoral commission in Mosul said that the number of voters who turned out in the city is a “surprise”.
-(4:45 pm local time) Turn out rate in the Kurdistan region has exceeded 70% of the registered voters.
Sources: Al-Iraqia and Al-Hurra TV.
(5:01 pm local time)Time is up and doors of the voting centers are closed now and only voters standing in line will be allowed to cast their votes.
Counting the votes is expected to start soon and the results will probably be announced within 3 days acoording to sources in the electoral commission.
http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/2005/10/just-said-my-yesupdated.html
Pro Constitution Bump for the home of Father Abraham!
Voting in northern Iraq gets robust start
(TFF Press Release)
MOSUL, IRAQ (October 15, 2005) – Polling centers opened early throughout Iraq today allowing citizens to stand up for democracy.
Voters went to the polls by the thousands to cast their ballots and participate in this historic national referendum in the city of Tal Afar, which during the January elections had the second-lowest voter turnout in the country. Iraqi Army and Police were the first people to vote in Tal Afar this morning.
The people of Mosul turned out in huge numbers and felt their presence was a great step to rebuilding a new Iraq. They felt voting was positive and were happy to vote without restraint. Iraqi Police and Iraqi Army are fulfilling their duties by helping polling personnel in the voting process, which was quite successful.
Lines in a city south of Mosul extended more than 200 meters. Iraqi Army Soldiers from 3rd Iraqi Army Brigade reported 34,000 voters at 39 sites in the Tigris River Valley, averaging 290 voters per site an hour. Governor Kashmoula of Mosul thanked everyone who voted and encouraged more voting in a televised address. He said it was a great day for Iraq, and that he was proud to vote.
http://www.strykernews.com/#004310
How exciting:)
Yes, I think CNN has hit on its storyline.
I got sick of it and switched to MSNBC...they're still talking about Karl Rove.
Sigh.
Looks like the insurgents are scraping the bottom of the barrel for recruits! ;-)
Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters
Iraqis remain deeply divided.....The country's Shiite majority - some 60 percent of its 27 million people - and the Kurds - another 20 percent - support the charter
21.6 MILLION support the constitution.
5.4 Million do not support it.
Where is the "DEEP DIVIDE?"
Sunnis are now divided. I think you will find less than 20% voting against the Constitution.
Prayers and thanks to your son.
And that differs from what people in the West know when they vote, how? :)
That darn George Bush! It's all his fault. Why couldn't he listen to Pat Buchanan and leave well enough alone? But NOOOOO he just had to invade. Well I hope he's happy.
Oct. is National Sarcastic Awarness Month
(Denny Crane: "I like nature. Don't talk to me about the environment".)
For a minute, I thought it was Democrats in Philadelphia at election time.
OK, you - you!
LOL!
PS: I just heard Wesley Clark give the Dem Saturday radio address. It was weird. He started out sounding like Code Pink talking points, and seemed to end by saying that we must succeed in Iraq, so President Bush must outline and share with the American people a better strategy!
Why did he bother to open his mouth?
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