Tag Archives: IHEC

Iraq’s Supreme Court ratifies the results of the elections

The Federal Supreme Court ratified, on Monday, the results of the Iraqi parliamentary elections that were held on October 10. By taking this decision, the Federal Court resolved a three-month controversy over the election results, which were rejected by some blocs, including the Shiite Coordination Framework that accused the IHEC …

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IHEC to refer all election appeals to the judiciary tomorrow

The Independent High Electoral Commission in Iraq will refer all election appeals to the judiciary tomorrow. An official source in the commission told Al-Ghadeer News, “The Electoral Commission will send all the appeals it has received to the judiciary to address them,” noting, “whatever decision issued by the judicial body …

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IHEC completes the election result’s recounting in Basra

The High Electoral Commission announced that it completed the recounting process in Basra Governorate on Wednesday. The Commission said in a brief that the manual counting of voters took place in the presence of candidates’ representatives, international observers, and authorized media personnel. Tomorrow, Thursday, IHEC will follow up the submitted …

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IHEC completes the manual counting in two other governorates

Iraq’s High Electoral Commission announced today, Tuesday, the completion of the manual counting in the polling stations in the governorates of Dhi Qar and Saladin. According to a statement, the manual counting took place in the presence of candidates’ representatives, international observers, and authorized media personnel. The Commission added that …

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Iraqi IHEC has completed the manual recount in six governorates

The Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) has completed the manual recount of the ballots in the contested Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in Erbil, Kirkuk, Karbala, al-Diwaniyah, al-Muthanna, and al-Anbar. “The recount took place in the presence of the contesting candidates’ representatives, international observers, and media,” a statement of IHEC said, …

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IHEC discloses the latest updates on the Iraqi Election

The Independent High Electoral Commission in Iraq disclosed today the latest details of the ongoing manual counting. Imad Jamil, a member of the Commission’s media team, told Al-Ghadeer News, “Today, the electoral stations whose results are contested will be manually counted in six governorates, which are Karbala with 101 stations, …

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IHEC: the manual recount may change the announced results

The Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) announced today that the election results might change after the manual recount of the ballots. The assistant media spokesperson for the Commission, Nibras Abu Souda, told Alghadeer News, “The counting process may change the candidates’ number of votes.” “The election law stipulates adopting the …

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IHEC approves manual recounting in 297 electoral stations

The Independent High Electoral Commission decided to manually recount votes in 297 electoral stations and responded to 461 appeals against the election results. The Commission said in a statement that it is studying the submitted appeals and 483 appeals were presented to the Board of Commissioners today. After completing the …

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IHEC accepted 234 appeals against the election results

Iraqi Electoral Commission announced on Saturday that it had accepted 234 appeals against the election results, after evaluating 340 appeals. The commission said in a statement that Al-Ghadeer received a copy of it, “The Independent High Electoral Commission continues today, Saturday, October 23, to study the appeals submitted to it, …

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Iraq’s Electoral Commission Failed People with Disabilities: HRW

In the weeks leading up to the October 10 parliamentary elections, Iraq’s Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) promised to take steps to ensure people with disabilities could vote. But on election day, videos circulated suggested IHEC’s promises to make polling places accessible, with ballot boxes on the ground floor, went …

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Thousands protest the election results in several Iraqi governorates

Thousands of demonstrators stormed the streets north of Baghdad and south of the country, protesting the election results announced by IHEC yesterday. Sources say that the demonstrators are citizens who rejected the election results because of fraud, noting that they blocked the highway linking Baghdad with the northern governorates. The …

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