Iraqi election law fails to pass again. January vote may be delayed.

Two major hurdles for the election law are agreeing on the status of the city of Kirkuk and on voting for individuals rather than closed party lists. It would seem that a January vote is almost impossible now so the vote will have to be postponed. There is also to be a vote on the SOFA agreement a vote that was to have taken place last August but the US managed to convince the Iraqi govt. to postpone that. Now it is not even mentioned. If a January vote does not take place this will probably delay withdrawal of US troops.

Iraq Election Law Fails Again, Officials Term January Vote Impossible

Posted By Jason Ditz

Despite reports yesterday that today was the absolute final deadline for setting the law to govern Iraq's elections, it came as little surprise today when Iraq's Parliament again failed to muster a quorum to even debate the issue, let alone vote on it.

Iraq's election commission, whose deadline was missed today, was quick to spring into action to set yet another "last chance" deadline, now Iraq will absolutely have to pass a law by Saturday. The commission is meeting again Saturday to discuss delaying the vote.

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