As Iraq approaches provincial elections next month, Kerry will also stress the importance of ensuring that all elements of society feel enfranchised, the official said.
They were enfranchised in 1962, by amendment of the Commonwealth Electoral Act, although at that time their enrolment was voluntary rather than compulsory, as with all other voters.
But look, Tal Afar was an area that we had secured - we have secured the population and we changed the level of violence rather dramatically, we enfranchised the local leadership.