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Heavy Turnout Reported in Iraqi Election 
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http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/12/15/D8EGOP7GB.html

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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqis voted in a historic parliamentary election Thursday, with strong turnout reported in Sunni Arab areas and even a shortage of ballots in some precincts. Because of the large turnout, the Iraqi election commission met in emergency session and extended voting for one hour after long lines were reported at some sites, said commission official Munthur Abdelamir. Heavy participation by Sunni Arabs, who had shunned balloting last January, bolstered U.S. hopes of calming the insurgency enough to begin withdrawing its troops next year.

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BBC wrote:
Some 15 million Iraqis were eligible to vote.


CIA wrote:
Population: 26,074,906


Thats not a high turnout.

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wtf?

eligible voters in the US in 2004
202,808,822

population
297,884,083

roughly 2/3

Iraq it's roughly 1/2

Ineligible voters
usually those too young, foreigners, criminals

I think a 50% eligibility is pretty damn good for a country that's lost a big chunk of its voting youth to war and probably has a large population of legal aliens.

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Oh in that sense. :oops: I thought they still werent letting women vote.

I forgot about the youth.

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derf wrote:
Oh in that sense. :oops: I thought they still werent letting women vote.

I forgot about the youth.


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26 million /2 = 13 million so more than 50% turned out to vote.
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