This is a war between Iraqi voters and insurgents - ballots versus bullets.
American officials have been trying to convince Iraqi voters that they can vote safely.
If elections were to go forward under such circumstances anyway, a large number of Iraqi voters would probably be unable to take part.
A1 Registration of Iraqi voters living abroad drew to a close but fell well below expectations.
The 275-member parliament will oversee the drafting of a constitution, which is to be put before Iraqi voters later this year.
Iraqi voters who were forced to wait so long for democracy deserve to see its fruits.
Ask Iraqi voters in a referendum six weeks after the national elections if they think foreign soldiers should withdraw immediately.
Americans from across the political spectrum were moved to see Iraqi voters going to the polls last month.
If anything is incorrect, or if names are left off, potential Iraqi voters have a month to request changes.
And perhaps more important, it seemed unable to keep Iraqi voters at home through intimidation.