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Haiti election: Commission recommends rerunning election from scratch
Source: BBC
Haiti election: Commission recommends rerunning election from scratch
31 May 2016 Latin America & Caribbean
A special commission in Haiti has recommended throwing out the disputed results of last year's first-round presidential election and holding a new vote.
Commission President Pierre Francois Benoit said "zombie votes" and other problems meant last October's ballot could not be considered legitimate.
Haiti has been under an interim president since February.
A run-off vote had been due in April but was postponed.
Members of the verification commission said they had audited a quarter of the 13,000 tally sheets from polling stations in their search for fraud.
A final decision on restarting the election from scratch will be made by a revamped Provisional Electoral Council, which is due to announce a new election date on Tuesday.
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31 May 2016 Latin America & Caribbean
A special commission in Haiti has recommended throwing out the disputed results of last year's first-round presidential election and holding a new vote.
Commission President Pierre Francois Benoit said "zombie votes" and other problems meant last October's ballot could not be considered legitimate.
Haiti has been under an interim president since February.
A run-off vote had been due in April but was postponed.
Members of the verification commission said they had audited a quarter of the 13,000 tally sheets from polling stations in their search for fraud.
A final decision on restarting the election from scratch will be made by a revamped Provisional Electoral Council, which is due to announce a new election date on Tuesday.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-36414901
