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• NEWS_POSTED_BY: Haiti Place
• NEWS_POSTED_ON: Apr 28, 2015
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• Category : Haiti News
• Description : World | Thu Mar 12, 2015 7:43pm EDT
• Website : http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/12/us-haiti-election-idUSKBN0M82VM20150312

Overview

• (Reuters) - Haiti's electoral council announced dates on Thursday for the Caribbean nation's long overdue legislative and municipal elections, as well as the next presidential vote later this year.
  
  Haiti has been in the midst of a political crisis for months after the prime minister was forced to resign and parliament was dissolved over the failure to hold municipal and legislative elections.
  
  Elections for two-thirds of the Senate will be held Aug. 9 as well as the entire lower chamber of deputies. The presidential election will be held on Oct. 25, with a presidential run-off, if necessary, on Dec. 27.
  
  (Reporting by Amelie Baron; Writing by David Adams; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)