Paticipating in Iraq's Elections Jan. 2005


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Residents of Michigan

The following information was provided by Mr. John Gattorn, the operations Director of the International Organization for Migration to NIAO regarding Michigan out of country voting operations.

Numbers of Iraqis in Michigan is : 150,000

Estimated number of eligible voters are 90,000- 120,000

Three Centers will be opened in:

Southfield,

Sterling Heights

and Dearborn,

with multiple poling stations inside each center.

You must register and vote in the same location.

Dates:

Regestration: Jan 17 to 23

Voting: Jan 28 to 30

You must be born before Dec 31 1986

Voters are encouraged to bring all available documents stating their status; Documents should be from Iraq and from the US. One document must have a photo.

Paid positions available:

8 Voters outreach, get the vote out, voters education
8 trainers
8 operations people (find building, supplier)
1 IT person
3 Logistics

455 polling station workers, Need sheets of names from NIAO for polling workers, contact (phone) num, address, need to be eligible voter, language is a plus, English is essential. Send Information to NIAO/Nabil (No resume is needed) Polling workers will be paid $105.00 a day.

Jan 7 - 16. Training days for registration and polling station workers

Deadline for all resumes is Dec. 27,

It is very important to fill these positions as soon as possible, please send me names, I think young college student are our best bet.

Additinal Notes:

Canada has officially agreed to open three voting centers in Ottawa, Toronto and Calgary.

US will open voting centers in Washington DC, Detroit, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Nashville areas.

For Further information also visit

http://www.assyrianvote.com

Votong in Canada

Information from the Assyrian Canadian lobbying committee

OTTAWA, Tuesday, December 28, 2004 With less than 34 days to the Iraqi elections, it has not been confirmed yet whether Iraqi citizens will vote from Canada.

After a meeting with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the Assyrian Canadian Lobbying Committee (ACLC) and the IOM will be holding an information session on Monday, January 10th, in Toronto where registration and voting methodology and a question period will be on the agenda.

The IMO has been authorised by the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to conduct an Out-of-Country Voting (OCV) Program for the January 30th elections in Iraq.

According to the IOM, there will be three polling stations in the Greater Toronto Area (Mississauga, Scarborough, and North York), one in Ottawa, and one in Calgary, and there is a possibility for one in London due to its proximity to Hamilton and Windsor.

"I believe that all Assyrian-Iraqis residing in Canada should have the right to vote, regardless of their location in Canada," Mary Younan, ACLC Vice-President, said shortly after the meeting with the IOM. "I was hoping for the by-mail registration and voting process, especially when the polling centres will be limited to 5 or 6 across Canada, but it is not possible due to the time limitation."

Voting and registration process is being updated on a regular basis. Details on the January 10th information session, in Toronto, will be available within the next few days

Aina in its latest press release has criticized the lack of secutrity which may force the Assyrians in Iraq to participate freely in the elections because they are continusously threatened. Despite all plees from the Assyrian community the Iraqi government and the United States have done little to protect them from the Islamist where they can feel secure. They still live under seige to the point that they often ask their moslem friends to do their shoping for them. Nearly daily attacks against them include beheadings, burnings, kidnappings, threats of violence, and mutilations and other forms of terror to force them into leaving the country.

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