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Security forces, IDPs cast ballots in parliamentary polls ahead of general voting

Polls opened for special voting across Iraq on Sunday morning, allowing security forces and, for the first time, the Popular Mobilization Forces, as well as internally displaced people to cast their ballots in the sixth parliamentary elections.

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Nawar Faeq
Press TV, Baghdad

Iraq held the special voting for the sixth parliamentary elections on Sunday, with the Independent High Electoral Commission announcing over 80-percent turnout. The balloting was held before the actual nationwide polls scheduled for Tuesday.