| Description |
Chart comparing the 2005, 2008, 2009 election laws and the COM draft in the following points: application; aims; the right to vote; voter eligibility requirements; anti-discrimination provision; voting by proxy; IDP's; Minority Representation; instructions to the IHEC; date of elections; voter registration; time lines; Candidacy requirements; candidacy selection; ties between two candidates; vacancies; open vs. closes list elections; minimum number of candidates on list; female representation; voting procedures; voter records; special voters; non-IDP voters residing abroad; involvement of international observers; role of government employees in the electoral process; supervision of elections by parliamentary committee; location of polling centers; traffic near polling centers; restrictions on polling center staff; Kirkuk; number of council seats; number of compensatory seats; method by which compensatory seats will be distributed; remainder of seats after allocations have been made; number of district and sub-district council seats; number of electoral districts; funding for elections; electoral campaigns: rules, rights and regulations; fraud, deception and slander of candidates; force, intimidation, violence; Iraqi or foreign government financial support for campaigns; electoral crimes and sentences; postponed elections; voting by military and security personnel; and when the law is effective. |
