No surge of expats in Iraq vote (registraion of Iraqis)

[Inland]

http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/01/25/news/dubai.html

Associated Press January 26, 2005
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So far, Iraqis living in Iran comprise the largest bloc with 53,145 registrations, or one in five of all confirmed absentee voters.
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By comparison, only 23,915 have registered in the United States - some 9 percent of the total - despite an Iraqi expatriate community numbering 234,000 people. More than 20,000 have registered in each Germany, Great Britain and Sweden. On voting day in Iraq itself, 14 million are eligible to cast ballots at 5,220 polling centers. They are choosing a 275-member National Assembly and provincial legislatures. The National Assembly will then appoint a new government.
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