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| | ZNet |Haiti | Haiti's Elections |
 | | Political prisoners included Haiti's last constitutional prime minister, a former member of the House of Deputies, the former minister of the interior, and dozens of local officials and grassroots activists. |
 | | Presidential ballots were complicated, with 33 candidates, each with a photo, an emblem, and the names of the candidate and the party; voters were tired from walking and waiting; some voting was done in the dark by candlelight; and many voters are unused to filling out forms or writing. |
 | | The political parties, many of which represented a fraction of 1% of the electorate, received generous subsidies. |
| www.zmag.org /content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=55&ItemID=9767 (3587 words) |
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