Libyans trickled to the polls on Thursday to elect an assembly to draft a constitution , the paltry turnout reflecting deep political disillusion with the chaos pervading Libya since Muammar Gaddafi’s 42-year rule ended in 2011. Of the one million people who had registered to vote, less than 498,000 cast ballots, the election commission said, a number far lower than the three million who did so before the 2012 parliamentary election. Libyans voted on who should make up the panel to write a new charter that will cover key issues such as Libya’s system of government, the status of ethnic minorities and the role of Islamic law. But live footage from Libyan television cameras in major polling stations across the North African country showed mostly empty rooms. After four hours of polling, election organizers said that turnout for the vote had reached just 18 percent. United Nations’ envoy Tarek Mitri urged Libyans […]