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Iraqi Euro expats start registering for polls
Iraqi expatriates in 14 countries, including Germany, on Monday began registering to vote in their homeland's 30 January elections with the process going on "smoothly", an official in Jordan said. Registration offices were set up in the capital Berlin as well as in Munich, Cologne and Mannheim, with the Iraqis having until 23 January to register, said the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in Berlin. As well as Germany, about one million Iraqi expatriates may be eligible to vote in Jordan, Austria, Canada, Denmark, France, Iran, the Netherlands, Sweden, Syria, Turkey, Britain, the United States and the United Arab Emirates, a spokeman said. "We are coordinating closely with authorities in the 14 countries and we are receiving adequate security and administrative facilities for doing our job," she added. She pointed out that 75 polling centres had been set up in 36 cities throughout the world, including 12 in Jordan.
Posted by: Seafarious 2005-01-19 |
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