Iraq holds first provincial elections in a decade

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Iraq holds first provincial elections in a decade

STORY: Iraq holds first provincial elections in a decade SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 18, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 19, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:26 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Iraqi citizens casting their votes in the provincial elections in Baghdad STORYLINE: Iraq on Monday held provincial elections in 15 of the country's 18 provinces after a 10-year hiatus over political differences. Voting began after 7:00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT) when 7,166 polling centers opened under tight security measures as Iraqis voted in Baghdad and other cities in all provinces excluding the three provinces of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region. According to figures from Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission, about 16 million people are eligible to vote in the provincial elections, including the security personnel and internally displaced persons who had cast their votes in early voting two days ago. On Saturday last week, the electoral commission said in a press conference that the turnout of early vot

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