Will vote for food
And who wouldn’t, I guess:
Will Vote for Food? </a>
by Dahr Jamail
BAGHDAD – Voting in Baghdad was linked with receipt of food rations, several voters said after the Sunday poll.
Many Iraqis said Monday that their names were marked on a list provided by the government agency that provides monthly food rations before they were allowed to vote.
“I went to the voting center and gave my name and district where I live to a man,” said Wassif Hamsa, a 32-year-old journalist who lives in the predominantly Shia area Janila in Baghdad. “This man then sent me to the person who distributed my monthly food ration.”
