BAGHDAD, Oct 9 (NNN-NINA) – Early voting began yesterday, for Iraq’s security forces, prisoners and displaced people, ahead of snap parliamentary elections tomorrow.
Jumana al-Ghalai, spokeswoman of the Independent High Electoral Commission, said in a press release that, polling centres across Iraq opened their doors at 7:00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electronic devices will automatically close the voting process at 6:00 p.m. local time, she added.
More than a million voters from the security forces are scheduled to cast their ballots at 595 polling centres across the country, and more than 120,000 displaced people will vote in 86 polling centres during the day.
The Iraqi parliamentary elections, originally scheduled for 2022, were advanced, in response to months of protests against corruption and a lack of public services.
According to the electoral commission, about 24 million Iraqis are eligible to cast their votes for 3,249 candidates, running individually and within 167 parties and coalitions, vying for 329 seats in the legislature.– NNN-NINA
