How are Iraqis registered to vote?
From August 22 to September 30, 2009, IHEC invited Iraqi citizens to update their voter registration information in every province in Iraq. Iraq has a passive voter registration system based on registration in the Public Distribution System (PDS), or food ration database. This means that voters do not need to initiate their own registration; instead, they are automatically registered to vote when they register for a food ration card. IHEC estimates that about 18 million of Iraq’s roughly 30 million citizens are registered to vote.
