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Title: Iraq Out-of-Country Voting Program Ephemera and Posters ,
Date (inclusive): 2004-2005
Collection number: 454
Creator: Iraq Out-of-Country Voting Program
Extent: 1 half-box 5 oversize map folders
Abstract: Informational packets and posters related to the Iraq Out-of-Country Voting Program for the January 2005 Transitional National
Assembly election.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of
the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC
Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of David Hirsch, 2005.
[Identification of item], Iraq Out-of-Country Voting Program Ephemera and Posters (Collection 454). Department of Special
Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
5199155
On January 30, 2005, Iraq held national elections to create a 275-member Transitional National Assembly (a temporary representative
legislature). 111 political entities submitted candidate lists for the national elections, and a total of 256 political entities
composed of 18,900 candidates registered to compete in the national election, 18 provincial elections, and the Kurdistan Regional
government election. The 256 entities included 27 individuals, 33 coalitions of parties, and 196 independent parties. The
Transitional National Assembly was charged, among other responsibilities, with drafting a new constitution for Iraq.
The Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) was established to supervise the elections and ensure a fair voting process,
including the registration of Iraqi citizens and their direct descendants living abroad. The IECI authorized the International
Organization for Migration to implement a limited Out-of-Country Voting Program for the January 30 election. The Iraq Out-of-County
Voting Program provided a voter education campaign and technical assistance for the registration and voting process in 14
countries, including Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Iran, Jordan, The Netherlands, Sweden, Syria, Turkey, the
United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States. To be eligible to vote, voters must have: 1) been 18 by December
31, 2004; 2) had Iraqi citizenship or been eligible for it; and 3) been registered to vote. Registration was from January
17 to 25 and polling from January 28 to 30. The IECI estimates that more than 265,000 Iraqis registered and voted abroad.
The collection consists of voter education packets and posters designed and distributed by the Iraq Out-of-Country Voting
Program in 2004, for the January 2005 Transitional National Assembly election. The packets include informational brochures,
fliers, candidate lists and sample ballots. The posters inform potential voters of registration eligibility, locations, and
deadlines, and encourage Iraqi's living outside of Iraq, including those with citizenship in other countries, to participate
in the elections.
Arranged in the following series:
- Voter education packets, 2004-2005.
- Posters, 2004-2005.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Iraq Out-of-Country Voting Program.
Iraq--History, 2003--Archival resources.
Elections--Iraq--Archival resources.
Political posters.