Reporting from Baghdad — Soldiers, police, prisoners and hospital patients cast early ballots Wednesday in provincial elections that are intended to redistribute power across Iraq and help quell sectarian and ethnic strife.
The early balloting ensured that security forces are available for duty on Saturday, when the rest of Iraq’s voters will choose from among 14,467 candidates for 440 council seats.
About 15 million people are registered to vote in the elections, which officials hope will redress inequities resulting from the last balloting, in 2005. Most … >>>
