The same cardboard ballot boxes that the elections on August 9 are found in the polling stations, ballot boxes that had been denigrated because of their lack of confidentiality and the same promiscuity. Sandra Honoré, Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in Haiti, was present at the opening of a voting center in Petion-ville.

Automatic weapons were found and seized in Corail and several people were arrested. We see the presence of vehicles of the Minsutah and of the police front several voting centers where security has been strengthened. Saturday in Petit-Goâve violent incidents with firearms have been reported, causing tension and panic in the city and its surroundings.

Polling stations open late

This morning, voting centers and polling stations will have to open at 6:00 precisely as promised by the CEP, but in some center, 15-30 minutes later operations had not yet begun, at Centre Jean Cauvin François of Bel Air, Republic of Panama where agents could not enter, while in Anse-à-Galets the process had not yet begun because the supervisors were late... at 6:40 the Canapé Vert voting center was still not open... 7:15 no one had managed to get to vote in Fonds Parisien. The voting centre of lycée national Mirebalais opened late.

Representaives are trying to defraud

At the polling station of Carrefour Feuilles some agents try to deceive the vigilance of members of the BV... Il seems that the representaives who were present at the voting centers badly accepts the fact they should enter in groups of 10, based on a drawing...

Border closed

In the margins of the election day, the border was closed Saturday from 6:00 pm and will remain throughout the election day of 25 October 2015. The activities will resume Monday, October 26 at 6:00 am.

Be careful you are being filmed

For safety the voting centers will be filmed during the elections this Sunday and data will be processed in real time in a dedicated Center, announced Saturday the Prime Minister Evans Paul, announcing that the cameras will be installed front the voting centres, and the use of drones equipped with cameras will transmit images to a server in Port-au-Prince in real time. These are the firms Sonergy S.A and Acces Haïti that after a tender will take care of the technical part of the collection, transmission and processing of data.

Police Emergency numbers

In case of problems during the election day the public can contact the National Police of Haiti at :

West: 3820 1111

South: 3804 3333

Northwest: 3805 8888

Southeast: 3805 7777

3806 6666 Centre

Artibonite: 3822 4444

Northeast: 3805 9999

Nippes: 3805 1010

Grand Anse: 3806 5555

North: 3806 2222

CRO: 3838 1111

DDO: 3821 1111

Political parties, Haiti 1st in Latin America

In the ranking of countries with the largest number of policies in Latin America, Haiti won first place with 105 parties.

ranking

1 - Haiti (105 parties)

2 - Venezuela (41)

3 - Argentina (38)

4 - Brazil (32)

5 - Guatemala (28)

6 - Paraguay (27)

7 - Dominican Republic (26)

8 - Peru (21)

9 - Costa Rica (17)

10 - Chile (17)

11 - Nicaragua (15)

12 Colombia (13)

13 - Ecuador (12)

14 - Bolivia (12)

15 - Mexico (10

16 - Uruguay (10

-Salvador 16 (10)

17 - Honduras (7)

18 - Panama (7)

Research data were obtained from official lists in the electoral bodies in the country.

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