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The electorate of Iraq went to the polls on 15 October 2005 to vote in a referendum on whether or not to ratify the proposed constitution of Iraq. After 10 days of counting votes, the country's electoral commission announced that the constitution had been approved by a wide margin nationwide. A number of mainly Sunni critics like future deputy prime minister Saleh al-Mutlaq alleged massive irregularities,[1][2] saying that soldiers broke in to polling stations and changed votes to yes in the crucial province of Nineveh, which was expected by them to provide the third (and deciding) "no" vote.
- ^ Steele, Jonathan (25 October 2005). "Iraqi constitution yes vote approved by UN". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ^ Wong, Edward (23 October 2005). "Iraqi Constitution Vote Split on Ethnic and Sect Lines; Election Panel Reports No Major Fraud". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2019-10-09. Retrieved 6 January 2022.