An Iraqi Kurd woman casts her vote into a ballot box during regional parliamentary elections at a polling station in Arbil, capital of the autonomous Kurdistan region, about 350 km (217 miles) north of Baghdad, September 21, 2013. Kurds went to the polls on Saturday to elect a new parliament in an election that is being dubbed as the most crucial in the history of Iraqi Kurdish political powers, with potential to change the political structure of the next parliament and government cabinet. About 1,129 candidates representing 32 political entities are competing for 100 parliamentary seats. Other nominees representing Christian, Turkmen and Armenian minorities in the region are competing for 11 additional seats. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (IRAQ – Tags: ELECTIONS POLITICS)