Iraq faces uncertainty as parliament orders manual election recount

As the Iraqi parliament orders a manual recount of ballots, the Kurdish opposition that lost in the election May 12 pushes for a cancellation of the result, while the PUK is adamant that the outcome should stand.
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Ballot boxes are seen after a fire at a storage site in Baghdad, housing the boxes from Iraq's May parliamentary election, June 10, 2018. - REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
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The Iraqi parliament took an unprecedented step June 6 by amending the 2013 election law, allowing for the manual recount of all the ballots — almost 11 million — cast May 12.

However, a fire June 10 at a Baghdad warehouse storing some of the ballots appeared to show that a full recount might not be possible.

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