Many Iraqis confused ahead of election......Other news: The sky is blue.

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You think you're confused now, wait til you vote folks!
http://reuters.myway.com/article/20041212/2004-12-12T150020Z_01_IBO140071_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-IRAQ-ELECTION-DC.html

Does the following line mean there will be three (separate) elections in one day?

The commission, formed with the help of the United Nations in May, is responsible for overseeing the elections, three of which take place on the same day -- for a national assembly, a Kurdish regional government and provincial councils.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - With seven weeks to go before landmark polls, Iraq's electoral body is stepping up a campaign to inform voters of their rights, but widespread ignorance remains among the electorate, interviews show.
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Yet asked what Iraqis would vote for on Jan. 30, Maithem Modher, a 24-year-old computer company employee, was unclear.

"We will vote to choose a president," he said. "If any person gets a majority, he will win the presidency."

Others were not sure when the election would take place.

"On Jan. 15 we will elect a number of members and they will elect a constitution and a president," said Mortadha Hussein, 34, a shopkeeper.

"Iraq will be one constituency and the parliament seats will be allocated according to the ethnic and sectarian majority," said Amir Ghazi, 23, a university science student, who believed Shi'ites were already destined to get 120 seats.