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May 20, 2004
Hello? Media Coverage?
I haven't seen this anywhere except Samizdata and the following link they supplied to the WaPo.
In Iraqi Towns, Electoral Experiment Finds Some Success
In the province of Dhi Qar, about 230 miles southeast of Baghdad and a backwater even by Iraq's standards, residents voting as families will have elected city councils in 16 of the 20 biggest cities by next month. Bradley will have organized 11, more than half of them this month.
At every turn, the elections have set precedents, some of them unanticipated. Voters have typically elected professionals rather than tribal or religious leaders, although the process has energized Islamic parties. Activists have gone door to door to organize women, who turned out in their largest numbers this past week in some of Iraq's most conservative towns. Most important is the way residents qualify to cast ballots -- cards issued by Hussein's government to distribute monthly rations.
While I admit, I don't watch too much TV news, I'm sure the wife would have told me about this had it been shown.
Let me know if/where you saw it.
Posted by Nukevet at May 20, 2004 06:57 AM