UN urges Iraq to reverse changes to voting rules

US and UN officials urged the Shiite-led government to reverse last-minute changes to voting rules for a referendum on Iraq’s new constitution and head off a threatened Sunni boycott.

UN urges Iraq to reverse changes to voting rules

US and UN officials urged the Shiite-led government to reverse last-minute changes to voting rules for a referendum on Iraq’s new constitution and head off a threatened Sunni boycott.

The crisis emerged less than two weeks before the October 15 vote and just a day after the UN began distributing 5 million copies of the constitution to voters.

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