Reply #21: but I can't find any assertion beyond yours [View All]

[salin]

of a turnout so high.

The policy of not disclosing where polling places will be located until just prior to opening (understandable due to security threats), the policy of not allowing motor vehicles to carry voters to polling places (again, understandable due to security threats) alone (just to mention two conditions) are pointed to as factors likely to further lower turnout. Not to mention that many parties (esp all Sunni, iirc) have pulled out of the elections (so why should affiliated folks bother going voting) is another indication. The one area of the country that I have read repeatedly should have a stronger turnout than elsewhere is in the predominantly Kurdish areas.

Back to that 80% assertion - still looking for any source to suggest such a high turnout... please link if you can find any.