Sunni lawmaker Mohammed al-Khaldi from the opposition Iraqiya bloc said he received complaints from voters in Baghdad and in Diyala province about missing names on voting rolls as well.
Even seemingly random databases, like "Names of Foreigners Who Took the Oath of Allegiance to the Province and State of Pennsylvania, 1727 to 1775, " are available on Ancestry.com, in some cases behind a pay wall.
Al-Shuraifi, the electoral official, confirmed that ballot boxes were destroyed in the province, but he blamed the act on angry voters who could not find their names on voting lists.