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Security forces, IDPs cast votes early in Iraq's parliamentary elections

Early voting has opened in Iraq’s parliamentary elections.

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A member of the Kurdish Peshmerga security forces casts his vote early for the parliamentary elections in Iraq's northern city of Sulaimaniyah in the autonomous Kurdish region on Oct. 8, 2021. — SHWAN MOHAMMED/AFP via Getty Images

Early voting is underway for Iraq’s parliamentary elections, with soldiers, prisoners and displaced Iraqis heading to the polls on Friday to vote. 

The elections are being held a year early, in keeping with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi’s campaign pledge. The vote was originally scheduled for June but pushed back until Oct. 10. 

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