[news] Haitian Regime Aiming to Disenfranchise the Poor

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Haitian regime aiming to disenfranchise poor Author: Tim Pelzer People's Weekly World Newspaper, 06/09/05 09:51 With five months to go before elections are held in Haiti, its Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) is planning to disenfranchise many voters by refusing to register residents in poorer neighborhoods. CEP President Max Mathurin announced that the council will not set up voter registration offices in the so-called "popular neighborhoods" through the country -- hotbeds of support for the Lavalas Party of deposed President Jean-Bertrand Aristide -- where much of the population resides. Mathurin provided no justification for the decision except to say that it will remain in force "until the situation changes." Only 56,000 people have been registered so far out of 4.4 million eligible to vote. The CEP intends to end its voter registration drive July 31.

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/6/9/23350/33783