Allawi votes.

BBC reporters' log. Updated in the past 30 minutes as of this writing.

more opinion:

E. J. Montini: Forty-five reasons to care about the elections in Iraq. (Arizona Republic)

Salah Nasrawi in Amman, Jordan: The exhilaration of democracy after years of exile (Scotland on Sunday)

And liveblogging, powerlineblog notes CNN's reporting.