Fresh in from Reuters, an analysis of Libya's election preparations - Democracy a Learning Process as Libya Set to Vote.Almost a year after Libyans ousted Muammar Gaddafi in a NATO-backed rebellion, they are preparing to elect a 200-strong assembly that will help to draft a new constitution for the new Libya they hope to build.The Brotherhood, the most politically sophisticated and well financed group running, is expected to do well after receiving a boost from the Islamist victory in Egypt.Al-Wattan, a group led by former militia leader Abdul Hakim Bel Haj, is highly visible. Mahmoud Jibril's coalition is also popular with Libyans who were impressed by the political skills he displayed in the uprising.But the election rules are likely to usher in an assembly dominated by a fragmented patchwork of independents representing competing local interests rather than fixed ideologies.And while 2.7 million Libyans registered to vote -- almost 80 percent of eligible voters in the North African country -- most are still struggling to learn the rules of democracy only days before they put it into practice on July 7.
Democracy a Learning Process as Libya Set to Vote