The streets were quiet, with only a single attack on a polling center.

One election observer said no more than 15 people voted at the polling centre where he was based.

Some of the voters marched to polling centers with their closest friends or family members, others alone.

Not a single person I spoke to at polling centers mentioned foreign policy.

Another was outraged that a village with 1,800 families had no polling centers.

It is also used as the local polling centre in elections.

Voters, especially in urban areas, often waited outside polling centers for hours.

"I don't even know where the polling center is."

As the sun went down, some Iraqis ran to the polling centers.

Counting is now normally performed in a single pass at the polling center as described above.