Election Day in Jordan

It's election day in Jordan. Almost a year ago, the King dissolved Parliament and called for "early" elections. A year seems to be "early."

For Arabic readers, here's a website. For others, here's a piece at Carnegie on the Islamic Action Front (AKA Muslim Brotherhood) boycott. And at Foreign Policy's Middle East Channel, a piece on prospects for electoral reform and another on the boycott and other issues.

I'm not a Jordan expert, so I'll let others do most of the heavy lifting here, but let's wait until we see the results. Most of the experts see things as pretty retrograde in terms of real democracy: the King is not encouraging opposition. After the vote, I'll comment at greater length.