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Part 2
  • Observing the count at the CEP
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"Haiti’s elections have long been..."
  • Haiti’s elections have long been troubled.
  • In 2000, the Haiti Democracy Project held a seminar with Leon Manus, then the president of the CEP
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"The seminar was held at..."
  • The seminar was held at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C.
  • Mr. Manus revealed that over a quarter of the votes for senator had been eliminated by fraud
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Problems with the Nord-Est in 2006
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"In 2005"
  • In 2005, the campaigning began in the Nord-Est
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"On February 7"
  • On February 7, 2006, the people stood in long lines to vote
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The Haiti Democracy Project sent six observers to this province
  • We found the vote to be free and fair
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ANNULLED
  • Nevertheless, the senatorial election was annulled over a technicality
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"Eighty thousand senatorial ballots went..."
  • Eighty thousand senatorial ballots went right here
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7 a.m. lines in Ouanaminthe
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"The party emblem of this..."


  • The party emblem of this twenty-second-place finisher was not on the ballot
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It had not been supplied
  • Article 118.- Pour être recevable, la déclaration de candidature à la Présidence,
  • au Sénat et à la Chambre des Députés doit, par ailleurs, être accompagnée des pièces suivantes :
    - l’extrait des Archives de l'acte de naissance du candidat ou l'expédition de la déclaration de naissance ;
    - une copie authentifiée du titre de propriété attestant que le candidat est propriétaire d'un immeuble dans
  •  la juridiction concernée ou un document prouvant l'exercice au dit lieu d'une profession ou de la gestion d'une
  •  industrie, sur papier 8.5 par 11 pouces, de l'emblème choisi par le candidat;
    - quatre photos d'identité récentes avec les nom et prénom du candidat au verso ;
    - la décharge de sa gestion, si le candidat a été comptable de deniers publics ;
    - l'attestation de résidence ou de domicile délivrée par le juge du lieu ;
    - le récépissé de la Direction Générale des Impôts attestant le versement du montant établi à l’article 119;
    - une attestation établissant, le cas échéant, qu’il est candidat d’un parti, d’un groupement ou d’un
  • regroupement de partis politiques et qu’il a été désigné comme candidat à la fonction élective en question
  •  dans cette circonscription par le parti, groupement ou regroupement de partis politiques conformément à
  • ses statuts.
    - un formulaire de renseignements délivré par le CEP ;
    - une attestation de paiement des redevances fiscales ;
    - une copie de la carte d’identification fiscale ;
    - la carte d’identification nationale.
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“The electoral commission has so botched the elections in the Nord-Est that this region finds itself without a senator.”
  • Claude Moise in Le Matin
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Before the annulment, the commission’s capable administrator took some of the members to an eminent lawyer for a second opinion.
  • Jacques Bernard brought some order into the chaotic ways of the electoral commission.
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Gervais Charles was head of the Port-au-Prince bar
  • He told the commissioners they did not have to void any elections over lack of an emblem.
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The Nord-Est’s Problems Continued in December
  • It was the only region in the country not to get its electoral results the week after the election.


  • NO DATA
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The Tabulation Center found significant fraud
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"Here’s an original unaltered copy..."
  • Here’s an original unaltered copy as handed to the Fusion Party poll watcher at the BV
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"Check the second line"
  • Check the second line
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"Getting a little closer"
  • Getting a little closer
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"Notice the number"
  • Notice the number: 98
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"Notice also"
  • Notice also:
  • A space was conveniently left in front of the quatre vingt dix huit
  • The total line was left blank


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"Now let’s check the return..."
  • Now let’s check the return that was delivered to the CEP


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"A “3” has magically..."
  • A “3” has magically appeared before the 98
  • A troi cent has been crammed in before the quatre vingt dix huit


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"The original"
  • The original
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"The forgery"
  • The forgery
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The tabulation center intercepted this return
  • A team of thirteen lawyers went over the Nord-Est returns checking them against the tally sheets


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"The system worked"
  • The system worked
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"Now to BV 4-34-81-4-4-14-1"
  • Now to BV 4-34-81-4-4-14-1, right next door
  • The original:
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"Notice the 120 and the..."
  • Notice the 120 and the 82
  • And the inviting open spaces in front of the written-out numbers


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"Now the return that went..."
  • Now the return that went to the CEP
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"A “twa"
  • A “twa” is inserted before the cent vingt
  • A “3” has been written over the “1”
  • A “2” goes before the 82
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"The original again"
  • The original again
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"The forgery"
  • The forgery
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"Another example of the Tabulation..."
  • Another example of the Tabulation Center’s work
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"Security outside the tabulation center"
  • Security outside the tabulation center
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"A Chinese policeman in front"
  • A Chinese policeman in front
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"Observing at the tabulation center"
  • Observing at the tabulation center
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"The results"
  • The results
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Part 3. The Observer Team
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"Jacques Rigaud Louis"
  • Jacques Rigaud Louis, Dedham, Massachusetts
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"Mildred B"
  • Mildred B. Charlotin, Miami Shores, Fla.
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"Delbie Noel"
  • Delbie Noel, Acworth, Ga.
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"Dr"
  • Dr. Aldy Castor, Weston, Fla. (right), with Haitian electoral official
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"Darrin Ottenhoff"
  • Darrin Ottenhoff, Washington, D.C.
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"Claire Sturm"
  • Claire Sturm, Alexandria, Va.
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"Gerald Gourdain"
  • Gerald Gourdain, Beltsville, Md.
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"Elmide Méléance"
  • Elmide Méléance, Hyattsville, Md.
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"Judith Gaskell"
  • Judith Gaskell, Washington, D.C.
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"Lydia d’Alois"
  • Lydia d’Alois, Alexandria, Va.
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"Claire Gabriel"
  • Claire Gabriel, Silver Spring, Md.
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"Dr"
  • Dr. Bernier Lauredan, Irvington, N.J.
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"Alexandra Cassiano"
  • Alexandra Cassiano, Annapolis, Md.
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"Dartigue Gilet"
  • Dartigue Gilet, Chicago, Ill.
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"Carolyn Rose-Avila"
  • Carolyn Rose-Avila, Miami, Fla.
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"John Merrill"
  • John Merrill, Alexandria, Va.
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"Paul Pumphrey"
  • Paul Pumphrey, Washington, D.C.
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"Hunter Keith"
  • Hunter Keith, Alexandria, Va.
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Deployment
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Deployment History
  • Round 1, February 7, 2006. Sixteen observers:
  • •Nord  •Nord-Est  •Port-au-Prince


  • Round 2, April 21. Fifteen observers:
  • •Nord-Est  •Port-au-Prince


  • Round 3, December 3. Forty-one observers:
  • •Nord  •Nord-Est  •Port-au-Prince •Sud  •Centre  •Artibonite
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"Web"
  • Web: http://haitipolicy.org
  • E-mail: haiti@haitipolicy.org