IHEC allows security forces to vote with a biometric card and military IDs

politics/Security

8-10-2021, 11:50

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Baghdad-INA

The Independent High Electoral Commission decided today, Friday, to allow members of the security forces to vote using their biometric cards and their military IDs.

The Correspondent of the Iraqi News Agency (INA) said that, "IHEC decided to allow the security forces to vote through the biometric card and their military IDs."

It’s to be mentioned that, polling stations opened today, Friday for special voting at 7:00 a.m. Baghdad time in the first early parliamentary elections in the country since 2003.

The special vote includes members of the security services, prisoners and IDPs, while the general polling will take place next Sunday throughout Iraq, in which 3,249 candidates, 21 coalitions, and 109 parties are competing.