Haiti delays certifying election results

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Source: The Guardian

Haiti is facing further political disarray after fraud allegations forced authorities to delay certifying results from last month's legislative election.

The provisional electoral council said it would not publish 19 seats' results following criticism from the UN, US, and the incoming president, Michel Martelly.

Some Haitian politicians demanded a recount, others a fresh election. There were also calls for a travel ban on members of the electoral council, some of whom resigned over the row.

The complaints centred on irregularities in the counting of votes in the runoff which seemed to favour the Unity party of the outgoing president, René Préval. The party was awarded 46 of 99 seats in the chamber of deputies and 17 of the senate's 30 seats.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/26/haiti-delays-certifying-election-results

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Meanwhile, fraud allegations after American elections (2000, 2004) got pretty much ignored.