, but many of the voting machines were broke down , which hindered the process .

“A number of voting machines didn’t work in a number of polling stations in the province, adding that the technical teams of the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) are working hard to speed up the repair of the devices and overcome the problem,” One of IHEC supervisors told “Shafaq News “.

Voting operations of the Iraqi parliament elections and provincial councils of Kurdistan Region have been launched at seven a.m. of Monday and will continue until six o'clock in the afternoon.

It is scheduled that the public ballot would be conducted for the same election on Wednesday .