Iraqi elections and TV ads

I don't suppose that anybody really knows what will happen after the upcoming election. The Army is planning for the big event, to help the elections happen safely and fairly.

I don't have any special insight, but I can tell you what's broadcast on TV here. I see a few commercials, basically 3, promoting the election, but those 3 gets lots of rotations. Lots and lots. Production values are minimal.

#1, an (apparently) older woman, dressed all in black with a scarf over her head, slowly places a ballot in a ballot box, then smiles a gap toothed smile at the camera. A grinning kid pops up on the screen for a moment, then back to smiling lady. The ballot is written in an arabic script, with what appears to be a sentence on it. I imagine it says something like "Vote for the candidate of your choice," or "Help Iraq become a democracy," although it could just as easily say "This ad paid for by the Republican National Committee."

#2 shows three men and one women each depositing a ballot. Again, each deposits the ballot slowly, so the viewer can see what's written on the ballot. (Support Iraq. Vote!) It looks like 3 different ethnic groups are represented, given the dress. One is clearly an arab (headdress, robes), another is probably a Kurd, and another might be a Turkamen. I think the woman is either a gypsy, or a floozy. She's wearing an ankle length dress patterned like a shower curtain, gold stripes and patterns on a dark background. After they drop the ballot, they stand by the wall behind the ballot box, which is center stage. After all four are done, they just stand there uncomfortably and look at each other for a while as music plays.

#3 is similar to #2, but it has about 12 or so folks instead of four. After the 12 slowly deposit their ballots (Eat at Joes!), they also line up along the back wall. This ad features the four stars of #2, but with others. One fella on the right has a falcon perched on his head. Once they're all lined up, they start to dance . At first, just a few of them, then more, then everyone. Just standing there, kind of bobbing and shaking their hands, palms up, in time to the music. Each time falconhead jumps, his falcon flaps its wings for balance. Then, sudddenly, four of the guys on the left start holding hands and doing a line dance. Pretty soon the whole group is holding hands and line dancing. This is not Boot Scootin' Boogie, however. It is more just a group two step. Not sure how it relates to voting, but it must work. Otherwise, why would they play it so much?