elections let alone cause violence in the streets, tamron. so how are they handling the allegations of fraud, richard? is it seen as a complaint from these two individual and they move forward from there. reporter: no. there s a formal complaint process. we spoke to allowi s people. they will file. it could take a month before results are certified. this is an expected part of the electoral process, if you will. there were reports of irregularities when we were out on voting day. we did see irregularities ourselves. people found names that weren t registered on lists. this complaints process is something that was expected, anticipated. but if it gets out of hand, then as you suggested earlier, it is something that could call into question the credibility of the elections. but this is still the first time that iraq has ever organized and secured a national parliamentary