More than two million and 500 thousand voters update their electronic card, and the Commission exclu

[size=52]More than two million and 500 thousand voters update their electronic card, and the Commission excludes fraud: the procedures are strict[/size]

[size=45]Baghdad / Hussein Hatem[/size]
[size=45]With the start of the countdown to the date of the early elections on the tenth of next October, which was confirmed by the Commission and the three presidencies on more than one occasion, the Commission stresses the sobriety of the measures it has taken for the conduct of the electoral process, completely ruling out the possibility of fraud or breaches.[/size]
[size=45]Electoral specialists say that the upcoming elections made many political entities and parties demand a postponement when they lost hope of fraud, noting that they are the most difficult in terms of procedures and strictness since 2003.[/size]
[size=45]In an interview with Al-Mada, the assistant spokesperson for the Electoral Commission, Nibras Abu Souda, said that "many electoral cards have been withheld," explaining that "these cards belong to the years 2015 and 2016 for voters who did not review the registration and polling centers at all."[/size]
[size=45]Abu Souda added, "The cards for the years 2017 and 2018 were not withheld because their production period is close," noting that "the Electoral Commission reviewed the information on those cards and worked to update many of them."[/size]
[size=45]She points out, "The number of voters who updated their data exceeded two million and 500 thousand voters, in addition to the new cards that were produced for newborns who will participate for the first time in the electoral process."[/size]
[size=45]Parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held on October 10, 2021, and come in the midst of large-scale events that Iraq has witnessed since late 2019, represented by the resignation of the previous government under the pressure of widespread protests against the ruling political elite.[/size]
[size=45]Abu Souda asserts, “The Electoral Commission has put a lot of restrictions on the use of the electronic card. As for the biometric card (long-term) it is not subject to hacking and forgery, as it contains a personal photo and vital data. When the election, one of the ten fingers that are registered in the card is used to perform the process. election.”[/size]
[size=45]And she added, "As for the (short-term) electronic card, which does not contain a personal photo and extensive data, the Commission has worked to put in place procedures to prevent any fraud and breach by not receiving any card on the day of the elections without at least official adherents, in addition to taking fingerprints. The ten fingers of the card holder, and the card is withdrawn after taking the procedures, and the holder is given a receipt to make a long-term card later.”[/size]
[size=45]With regard to the talk about missing cards, the assistant spokesperson of the Electoral Commission shows that “there are no missing cards since the beginning of the electoral process until now,” pointing out that “even if there are missing cards, the Electoral Commission is able to disable any lost card. It has a database of all cards (long and short term).”[/size]
[size=45]Earlier, a spokesman for the State of Law coalition, MP Bahaa El-Din Al-Nouri, said that “the law that was hastily voted using the (electronic) and (biometric) cards to vote, will produce a forged political process in advance, in light of the loss of 4 million electronic cards from the Electoral Commission. Its fate is unknown, and it is not known if it was distributed among the political blocs or who seized it.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Nouri demanded that “elections be held using the biometric card only, to conduct fair elections free of fraud.”[/size]
[size=45]In turn, the electoral affairs specialist Dureid Tawfiq said in an interview with (Al-Mada), that "a not large proportion of the cards were lost during the ISIS war, the fires and other conditions that passed in Iraq," adding, "However, the extent of the damage of the lost cards to the electoral process is small." very".[/size]
[size=45]Tawfiq adds, "The procedures taken by the Electoral Commission during this electoral cycle are very complex and it is difficult to forge or attempt to forge and breach."[/size]
[size=45]The electoral affairs specialist points out, "The rate of fraud has not become small but non-existent, as electoral districts have shrunk in all Iraq's governorates."[/size]
[size=45]Tawfiq explains that "many political entities and parties demanded the postponement of the elections when they lost hope of fraud."[/size]
[size=45]He believes that "the current elections are the most difficult in terms of procedures and strictness compared to the previous elections."[/size]
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