BAGHDAD — The government has drafted a plan that grants Iraq's military and police the lion's share of responsibility to ensure national elections on Jan. 30.

Officials said the Interior Ministry has presented a plan that assigns the task of security during the week of Iraqi elections on the nation's military and police. They said the plan was meant to secure polling stations and major roads to facilitate voting by about 13 million eligible Iraqis.

The plan was also meant to prevent insurgents from intimidating Iraqis from arriving to the 6,000 polling stations. The ministry also aimed to ban local and ethnic militias from the stations or participating in election security.

Officials said members of the Iraqi Voting Commission have received threats from insurgents. They said commission members received 25 credible threats during the first 10 days of January.

[On Thursday, Iraqi insurgents assassinated two aides of Shi'ite spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Sistani. Earlier, the Defense Ministry reported that the Iraq Army foiled a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Iyad Alawi.] Officials said 100,000 police and National Guard troops would be deployed around polling stations and major roads in Iraq to ensure the elections. They said the troops would be deployed at least two weeks ahead of the Jan. 30 elections.

Under the plan, U.S.-led coalition forces would remain at the edge of any security ring and would avoid direct contact with voters. Officials said Iraqi police, military and National Guard units would provide security around polling stations. The next layer of security would encompass the neighborhoods that contain the stations.

Officials said people and vehicles in voting areas would be screened. They said Iraqi security forces would establish checkpoints at the entrance of these neighborhoods.

"MNFI [Multi-National Force in Iraq] may be involved in the outer cordon and as a quick-reaction force," a coalition official said. "The areas that we are primarily involved in are security, logistics and communications."

The two most dangerous provinces were deemed as Anbar and Ninveh, and Iraqi authorities have asked the coalition to reinforce its presence in those areas. Officials said they envisioned major difficulties in efforts to stabilize the giant Anbar province, located along the Syrian border.

The plan also contained what officials termed emergency provisions to facilitate the elections. They would include declaring a three-day public holiday centered around the elections, closing schools from Jan. 17 to Feb. 1, restricting vehicle movement around polling centers in an effort to foil car bombs and limiting the movement of pedestrians around polling areas.