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...clear presidential choice of the Haitian people: Rene Garcia Preval was just below the 50 percent mark needed to avoid a runoff when the vote was halted Tuesday - after Preval had threatened a legal battle over charges of massive fraud, citing tens of thousands of ineligible and blank ballots. His point was underscored later on Tuesday when supporters discovered thousands of apparently legitimate ballot papers and electoral material containing votes for Preval that had been tossed in a dump just outside the capital...
...clear presidential choice of the Haitian people: Rene Garcia Preval was just below the 50 percent mark needed to avoid a runoff when the vote was halted Tuesday - after Preval had threatened a legal battle over charges of massive fraud, citing tens of thousands of ineligible and blank ballots. His point was underscored later on Tuesday when supporters discovered thousands of apparently legitimate ballot papers and electoral material containing votes for Preval that had been tossed in a dump just outside the capital...
...order to appear on the primary ballot, a candidate must receive the backing of 15 percent of the nearly 5,400 delegates at the June convention. A candidate who is backed by the majority of the delegates also receives the endorsement of the state party committee...
...results of this election were not as close as the previous elections,” said Samita A. Mannapperuma ‘06, who is outgoing HoCo vice-chair. The HoCo declined to release the vote tallies for the final round of voting, which was administered by paper ballot on Friday and Saturday nights. “Each candidate had a representative at the vote count,” said Jon C. Bardin ’06, outgoing chair. “We didn’t think it was necessary to release the vote count because there was enough...
Second, Arab Islamists have already achieved electoral success and takeover in Iraq, but Hamas represents the first Arab Islamist terrorist group to be legitimated through the ballot box. Comparable groups in countries such as Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco will watch and be encouraged, should there be any show of acceptance of Hamas by the U.S. and other governments...