Iraqis Head to Polls

A man shows his inked finger after voting in Khazir refugee camp, east of Mosul, northern Iraq, May 12, 2018. (K. Omer/VOA)

Women line up outside a voting station, Khazi Camp, east Mosul, northern Iraq, May 12, 2018. (K. Omer/VOA)

A woman shows her inked finger after voting in Khazir refugee camp, east of Mosul, northern Iraq, May 12, 2018. (K. Omer/VOA)

People are lined up as security forces secure the area outside a voting station in Khazir refugee camp, east of Mosul, northern Iraq, May 12, 2018. (K. Omer/VOA)

Iraq uses new electronic ballot boxes and voter cards to prevent fraud in the first elections since IS was defeated, Irbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq, May 12, 2018. (H.Murdock/VOA)

Early results showed low voter turnout, reflecting disillusionment with a series of governments after decades of corruption, wars and economic crises, May 12, 2018, in Irbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. (H. Murdock/VOA)

Jalel Ibrahim has been observing Iraqi elections since 1991. He says fraud-prevention measures are particularly necessary in Iraq, where political parties often fall on sectarian lines, May 12, 2018, in Irbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. (H. Murdock/VOA)

Some voters said despite sectarian divides, they hope the new post-IS government will usher in a time of unity and peace, May 12, 2018, in Irbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. (H. Murdock/VOA)

Payman Salih, her daughters and her husband, Sanger Abuzaid, say they hope the vote will signify an abrupt change in government policies impacting their region, May 12, 2018, in Irbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. (H. Murdock/VOA)

An elderly woman heads to a voting station in Sulaymaniya, Iraqi Kurdistan Region, May 12, 2018. (R. Majeed/VOA)

Political monitors at pictured at the Shirin voting station in Sulaymaniya, Iraqi Kurdistan Region, May 12, 2018. (R. Majeed/VOA)