Iraqi Commission bars nearly 500 candidates, The New York Times (2010)
The Independent High Electoral Commission made a decision to bar approximately 500 out of 6, 500 candidates running in the March election, after having received a list from the government commission that vets candidates for ties with Saddam Hussein's Baath Party. The candidates have three days to appeal to a federal court. Some analysts have voiced their fear that this decision could lead to more sectarian violence, undermining the agreement by almost all Iraqi factions to participate in the elections.
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