AP: "Election Complaints Emerge in Iraq"

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=736&e=1&u=/ap/20050206/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_messy_election

Election Complaints Emerge in Iraq

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By MARIAM FAM, Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Some polling stations were shuttered. Others ran out of ballots. A provincial governor's name was left off the list of candidates. And some minorities complain it is all a plot to silence them.

One week after Iraq's historic election, allegations of confusion, mismanagement or worse are surfacing, complicating the vote count and perhaps providing ammunition for politicians to question the entire process if they do not fare well in the final tally.

It is too early to tell if the criticism can undermine the legitimacy of the incoming National Assembly. But in some local races, fears are already strong that flawed elections will give rise to provincial councils with skewed demographic representation.

The most serious allegations are concentrated in violence-plagued areas or those with mixed religious and ethnic groups. Failure to reconcile discord over the Jan. 30 vote could worsen local tensions.

Shhhh.... Don't tell Joe Scarborough! He can't handle the truth.

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1. And Does Anybody Still Know The Turnout Percentage???

...which was so CLEARLY reported the day of the election by the MSM.

It is so annoying when I go overseas lately and have to defend why Americans are so full of shit (lately).