UPDATE: Michael Georgy of Reuters interviews Sunnis in Iraq and says, Sunni stronghold says firm ‘No’ to charter
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Some results starting to trickle in. These are from Aljazeera:
At the Sajdat voting centre in Najaf province, the director said that of 3125 registered voters 2099 had voted. All but 30 had voted “Yes” – an approval of more than 98%.
In Miqdadiya, in Diyala province north of Baghdad, the head of Konoz polling centre said 2166 voters were registered, of whom only 366 turned up, 299 of them voting “No” and 67 “Yes”.
In Yathreb, a Sunni Arab town north of Baghdad, 3500 people voted, with 3497 of them voting “No” and just three “Yes”.
At a news conference, the Electoral Commission officials said eight of Iraq’s 18 provinces saw turnout above 66%.
In seven provinces, turnout was between 33% and 66%.
Two provinces showed a turnout below 33%, the officials said. No data were available for Anbar.
I’ll try to keep updating this post. While you’re waiting, have fun with this. Via Norwegianity