Reply #128: We'll know more whenever

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Katherine Harris and Ken Blackwell are flown in to assist with tallying the votes in Jordan. Here's the latest. Looks like the 'officials' are backtracking big time.

Iraq's Electoral Commission backtracked on earlier estimates of voter turnout in the election, saying a previous figure of 72 percent "was just an estimate" and indicated the actual figure was lower.

At a news conference, commission spokesman Farid Ayar called the 72 percent figure a "guess" and said maybe up to 8 million Iraqis voted, which would be a little over 60 percent of registered voters.

"Percentages and numbers come only after counting and will be announced when it's over ... It's too soon to say that those were the official numbers," he said. "The numbers are only guessing."



http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/MAR055907.htm