Special voting is going very well – IHEC

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Three hundred and seventy two polling centers opened their doors throughout Iraq on Wednesday morning for the special voting, said a source from the operations directorate of the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC), explaining that voting is going “very well” in the centers’ 1669 polling stations. “The special voting process embraces Iraqi security forces of the two ministries of defense and interior, detainees at Iraqi and U.S. prisons, and hospitalized patients,” a release issued by the IHEC and received by IraqiNews.com news agency quoted the source. “Attendance on voting has been very high since early morning,” he said. “The electoral process has been moving very smoothly, without any incidents or violations so far,” he added. “Polling centers for special voting will be closed at 5:00 pm today,” he explained. “Polling boxes will be then sent to counting centers per each province,” he noted. MH (P)/SH 1