2018 REUTERS June 28, 2018 10:38 673 A manual recount of votes in Iraq’s May national election will begin next week. The outgoing parliament this month passed a law mandating a nationwide manual recount of votes. BAGHDAD: A manual recount of votes in Iraq’s May national election will begin next week, parliament speaker Salim Al-Jabouri said on Thursday. The outgoing parliament this month passed a law mandating a nationwide manual recount of votes, but the panel of judges now in charge of the recount said it would only be conducted for problematic ballots.