Haiti Place Haiti to repeat elections across much of the country

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  • NEWS_POSTED_BY: Haiti Place
  • NEWS_POSTED_ON: Aug 24, 2015
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  • Category : Haiti News
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    AFP By Amelie Baron
    August 21, 2015 7:03 AM
  • Location : Port-au-Prince, Ouest, Haiti
  • Website : http://news.yahoo.com/legislative-elections-reheld-across-much-haiti-015048184.html

Overview

  • Port-au-Prince (AFP) - Legislative elections will be repeated across nearly a fifth of constituencies in Haiti, where polling turned deadly, voter turnout reached only 18 percent and just three deputies of 119 were chosen, authorities said.

    Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) made the announcement at a press briefing at which it had been expected to reveal results from the first-round election.

    Instead, officials said winners' names were available on the CEP website, which went down following the announcement. They then left under police escort.

    The incidents mark the latest turn in a long, troubled attempt to stage elections in the western hemisphere's poorest country.

    Results reported early Friday had just three deputies selected in the first round of voting. Candidates now have a week to dispute the results.

    National Police forces had been mobilized amid concern that the CEP's results announcement could trigger another round of violence, and forces from the MINUSTAH mission of the United Nations were at the ready.