No sign of serious Iraq vote violations ("baseless allegations")

[Barrett808]

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq said on Saturday it had found no instances of serious fraud in an October 15 constitutional referendum and was still verifying some results only because of statistical issues.

IECI commissioner Adil Al-Lami said it would take some days before there was a final announcement of results but gave no date.

He gave partial results for 13 of Iraq's 18 provinces, of which only one returned a two-thirds majority "no" vote. Two more provinces would need to do so in order to block the constitution.

Lami told a news conference only a small proportion of ballots had been brought to Baghdad and the results published so far were extremely limited.

"Let's pretend there are 100 ballot boxes in all Iraq. Well, 20 of those boxes have been brought to Baghdad and these results today represent half of those ..." Lami said. "These figures do not show anything much yet."

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051022/wl_nm/iraq_referendum_dc

[alcibiades_mystery]

1. LOL

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

It only took a week to clear that up....

And still, no results.

This is kinda like when somebody tells you a joke you've heard fifty times, yet out of politeness, you're forced to sit and listen to it as if you've never heard it before. You wait patiently, knowing it to be a failed performance, just hoping for it to end soon.

[Sal316]

2. Now Delay needs to give his "Conspiracy theory" speech...

...and it'll be just like 2004.

sigh.

[rodeodance]

3. didn't we hear the same mantra in the US about this time last year?--from

both sides I might add!