Manual vote recount needs 7 days - commissioner
April 19, 2010
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: The manual vote recount in Baghdad requires seven days, an electoral commissioner said on Monday.
“The commissioners council held on Monday a meeting with experts in the commission and we think that the recount needs seven days,” Iyad al-Kenani told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
“The recount process will include the general and special voting of all ballots cast in Baghdad,” he added.
A panel had ordered a recount of ballots cast in Baghdad in Iraq’s March 7 election.
April 19, 2010
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: The manual vote recount in Baghdad requires seven days, an electoral commissioner said on Monday.
“The commissioners council held on Monday a meeting with experts in the commission and we think that the recount needs seven days,” Iyad al-Kenani told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
“The recount process will include the general and special voting of all ballots cast in Baghdad,” he added.
A panel had ordered a recount of ballots cast in Baghdad in Iraq’s March 7 election.
Electoral commissioner Hamdiya al-Husseini said the manual recount would begin immediately but she was not sure how long it would take.
The al-Iraqiya list of a former prime minister, Iyad Allawi, came first with 91 seats, according to preliminary results.
Maliki’s State of Law won 89 seats while the Iraqi National Alliance got around 70.
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