Several polling stations in the Iraqi parliamentary elections have faced some expected technical problems, announced Imad Jamil, member of the media team of the Iraqi Electoral Commission.

Jamil confirmed that these problems have been addressed, pointing out that the voter turnout is acceptable so far and that the voting process is going as planned.

Additionally, no complaints have been submitted regarding violations or attempts to tamper with the votes.

For his part, the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners at the Electoral Commission, Jalil Adnan Khalaf, clarified that some voting machines were subjected to a technical malfunction and not a complete failure, as was rumored, stressing that all the machines are now working smoothly.

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In a related context, the military spokesman for the Iraqi Hezbollah Brigades, Jaafar al-Husseini, called on voters not to be discouraged by malfunctions that affected some of the machines.

Earlier, in an interview with Al Mayadeen, al-Husseini asked voters to be patient and not leave the polling stations until officials fix the malfunctions.

Today, polling stations have opened their doors at 7:00 am to 25 million eligible voters, and will close at 6:00 pm local time, according to the Independent Electoral Commission.