BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials acknowledged Sunday that there was some fraud in last month’s provincial elections but not enough to force a new vote in any province. Faraj al-Haidari, chairman of the election commission, said final results of the Jan. 31 voting would be certified and announced this week. Voters chose members of ruling provincial councils in an election seen as a dress rehearsal for parliamentary balloting by the end of the year. The U.S. hailed the absence of major violence during the elections.——Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]
Iraqi election commission acknowledges fraud voting
By The Associated Press
February 15, 2009