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[ktron]

from nytimes.com: "Voters in Shiite and Kurdish areas turned out in especially large numbers, and at the day's end election officials here estimated that the nationwide turnout could exceed 60 percent."

if the estimates here are good, iraq's voter turnout quite possibly exceeds ours from a couple months ago. boycotts and threats and everything. that's just... completely amazing.

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[tn-tiger.livejournal.com]

The last count I read, some 35 voters got killed yesterday. While that is entirely too many, I expected it to be SOOO much worse. I was so worried. While this (hopefully) won't be the most meaningful election Iraq ever has, it went better than I could have hoped possible.