Elections

Eight to Fifteen Percent!!!

By Matt Marek on Vendredi, avril 21, 2006.
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I'm just coming in from visiting numerous voting polls in Port-au-Prince where UN sources tell me the numbers are as low as 8 to 15% voter turnout. Not a line to wait in at any polling station and election workers with their heads down on the voting tables. By 11 am it seemed as if everyone and anyone who intended to vote had done so and now people were just mulling around. Some deputy and senator ballot boxes were nearly empty.

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Election Success: Relative or Absolute?

By Chris Schron on Lundi, février 20, 2006.
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haiti electionsOver the past week, I’ve had a number of people sarcastically ask how the elections were going. This was usually accompanied with an expression that said, ‘is Haiti ever going to do anything right?’ Read more »

Presidential Elections: Who Carries the Drum?

By Bryan Schaaf on Dimanche, février 19, 2006.
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radaHaitians have an expression, "After the dance, the drum is heavy". In other words, bad times tend to follow the good. With elections having been completed, how can this momentum be maintained rather than lost as has happened so many times before? Read more »

PREVAL IS DELCARED PRESIDENT!

By Matt Marek on Jeudi, février 16, 2006.
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Preval supporterBy 6 am this morning the noise in the streets told you a president was delcared. That President, Rene Garcia Preval looking to be the second President to complete his full term and still the only one to do so. Nine days after the election amid pressure from the protesters in the streets, the opposition unwilling to concede and rumors of fraud the CEP has made it official at just over 51%. Now there is Hope, we'll see what comes next. Read more »

Hope in the Streets

By Matt Marek on Lundi, février 13, 2006.
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poleThe last major movement of the people in Haiti was given the name Lavalas, meaning the flood/the rains. The current movement not completely disconnected from the previous one has campaigned on the word Lespwa which means hope. Today Lespwa took to the streets no longer hoping but demanding that Preval their candidate be announced the winner. They continuously made claims that they would not wait for a second round of elections. Read more »

Post Elections: Day 6

By Robert Miller on Vendredi, février 10, 2006.
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Tabulation CenterAfter our late night last night, today wasn’t kicked into gear until noon, which still felt too early. After a brief visit to the embassy we set out to visit the tabulation center. Security was tight; UN and HNP officers were everywhere. Our official Haitian observer badges were barely enough to get us through the gate. Luckily John had his US Govt badge which I think put us over the top. Turned out Ambassador Carney was already inside, so they may have assumed we were together. I had a brief chat with the ambassador. He seemed pleased with the way things had run thus far. Read more »

Election Day: Day 5

By Robert Miller on Jeudi, février 9, 2006.
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Lekol Petion Voting Line Today started at 4:15AM, my driver was here by 4:30, and we arrived at L’ecole Petion in Belaire by 5:30. It was still dark, but eager Haitians had already started to assemble in front of the iron gate. Inside were MINUSTAH, HNP, UNCIVPOL, as well as the AP, a number of domestic agency observers organized through the Provisional Electoral Council. The 36 polling stations (each with a 400 person capacity), or Biwo Vot (BV), which were supposed to open by 6, seemed lucky to open by noon. Read more »

Peaceful Cite Soleil Amid Confusion

By Matt Marek on Mercredi, février 8, 2006.
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flowerVoting began slowly today as many stations opened well after the scheduled 6am start time. Regardless hundreds and thousands of Haitians waited in line to cast their vote. The winner is unknown at this point as officials shut themselves inside the stations to count the results, some relying on candlelight because they have no electricity. Read more »

Pre-Elections: Day 4

By Robert Miller on Lundi, février 6, 2006.
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elections 6In total, we visited 9 polling stations today with varied capacities. Some were as large as 20,000 people, others just a few thousand. We began our day running back out to Carrefour to visit more sites along Route National 2. Read more »

Pre-Elections: Day 3

By Robert Miller on Dimanche, février 5, 2006.
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leoganeToday we set off to Leogane, slightly more than an hour south of the capital. Portions of the road had been recently paved and were quite nice; however, a significant portion around Carrefour was in desperate need of repair. Leogane was an old, quite town with many colonial buildings still in good shape. Read more »

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