BAGHDAD — Approximately 1.2 million Iraqi security forces kicked off voting today in Iraq's early elections. The rest of Iraq's eligible voters will go to the polls on Oct. 10. At today's end, over 40% of eligible voters have gone to the polls.
Iraqi Prime Minister and commander-in-chief of Iraq's armed forces Mustafa al-Kadhimi visited the Joint Operations Command in the early morning for a meeting with the Supreme Security Committee to discuss election security.
Addressing the committee, Kadhimi said, “You are entrusted with protecting the electoral process, and I will follow up with you on the smallest details regarding the conduct of the elections.”
