Procedures for voting in the Iraqi election:

[Robbien]

VOTING CENTERS: Iraqis will report to 5,220 designated voting centers around the country. The centers will be ringed by Iraqi police and Iraqi National Guard troops, with American and other multinational soldiers in reserve. Voting is set for 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. (8 p.m. Saturday to 6 a.m. Sunday PST) although the hours can be extended if voters are still in line at closing time.

WHAT'S ON THE BALLOT: Each voter will be given two paper ballots -- one for the 275-member National Assembly and the other for provincial legislatures. Voters in the Kurdish-controlled areas of northern Iraq will receive a third ballot for the self-governing region's parliament.

HOW THEY WILL VOTE: Each voter will be led to a cardboard booth to mark the ballots. Voters will choose parties rather than individuals, with the number of candidates seated from each party determined by the party's percentage of votes nationwide.

Once the ballots have been marked, the voter will hand them to an election worker who will drop them into a ballot box. The voter then will proceed to the final station, where an election worker will mark his or her hand with indelible ink to prevent repeat voting.

HOW VOTES WILL BE COUNTED: Once voting has ended, election workers will count the ballots at each polling center. Poll workers will report the results to the Iraqi Electoral Commission by telephone and Internet. A tally room has been set up in the commission's heavily fortified Baghdad headquarters. Initial results are expected to be announced within hours after voting ends, but the final tally will not be known for a week to 10 days.

[dweller]

1. and the voters will not know

who's on the ballots until they are in the election booth?

any truth to that...
or just an internets rumour?
dp

[dweller]

2. killed another one....

you threadslayer you.
:eyes:

dp