Baghdad, Oct 9, SPA -- Iraq has scrapped plans for a population census before elections due to take place in January, senior officials said on Saturday. They said the government would simply ask voters to produce food ration cards to enable them to cast a ballot. Previously Iraq's interim government had said it would conduct a nationwide census on Oct. 12 as a basis for electoral rolls. --SPA 1527 Local Time 1227 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/209649