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Elections in Iraq

Abdul Munim Jabber Hadi, a Communist Party candidate for Baghdad’s provincial council, campaigns with volunteers in the capital’s Shorja market.

Abdul Munim Jabber Hadi, a Communist Party candidate for Baghdad’s provincial council, campaigns with volunteers in the capital’s Shorja market.  (Raheem Salman / Los Angeles Times)

Basra, Iraq, candidate

Candidate Zainab Sadiq Jaffer, left, of the Iraqi National List coalition speaks with a voter while handing out leaflets in Basra, southern Iraq.  (Essam al-Sudani / AFP/Getty Images)

Iraqi election ballots

An Iraqi official tallies a shipment of paper ballots at Baghdad’s international airport. Elections for provincial councils are scheduled for Jan. 31.  (Wathiq Khuzaie / AFP/Getty Images)

Iraq election posters

Political posters plaster a wall in the capital in the campaign for local elections to be held this month. This poll and a national vote in December are expected to help clarify Iraq’s political order, for better or worse.  (Ali Yussef / AFP/Getty Images)

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