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		<title>Haiti president&#8217;s party picks up 5 Senate seats in run-off elections marred by low turnout</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan M. Katz</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — President Rene Preval&#8217;s party won five of 11 contests to fill open Senate seats, according to preliminary results released Monday by the provisional electoral council.

Five other parties won one seat each in the June 21 run-off elections, and another went to a registered independent. A twelfth seat remains vacant after voting in ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/haiti-presidents-party-picks-up-5-senate-seats-in-run-off-elections-marred-by-low-turnout-95208/" title="Haiti president&#8217;s party picks up 5 Senate seats in run-off elections marred by low turnout">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Many Haitians stay away from polls in Senate run-offs, ignoring efforts to improve turnout</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:17:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan M. Katz</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haitians fed up with chronic poverty and unresponsive leaders stayed away from Senate run-off elections Sunday, ignoring government efforts to improve on the paltry voter turnout that undercut the first round of voting in April.

Results are not expected for at least a week in contests for 11 vacant seats in the 30-member .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/many-haitians-stay-away-from-polls-in-senate-run-offs-ignoring-efforts-to-improve-turnout-88389/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Haitians weigh whether to vote in run-off for Senate seats amid violence, political tensions</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan M. Katz</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Election officials flew street banners and sent text messages to encourage a big turnout for Haiti&#8217;a hotly anticipated Senate run-offs, but very few in the capital city were voting Sunday.

Eleven vacant seats in the 30-member Senate are on the line. With them are President Rene Preval&#8217;s hopes of overpowering uncooperative legislators and .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/haitians-weigh-whether-to-vote-in-run-off-for-senate-seats-amid-violence-political-tensions-88028/">Source article &nbsp;: Haitians weigh whether to vote in run-off for Senate seats amid violence, political tensions</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>No winners in 1st round of Haiti Senate election marked by low voter turnout</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan M. Katz</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — None of the candidates for Haiti&#8217;s Senate received the majority vote needed to win outright in balloting this month, leaving 11 vacant seats up for grabs in the runoff election.

The 30-seat Senate has been short-handed for 1½ years as elections were delayed by hunger riots, devastating storms and political infighting.
Results released late .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/no-winners-in-1st-round-of-haiti-senate-election-marked-by-low-voter-turnout-42749/">No winners in 1st round of Haiti Senate election marked by low voter turnout</a>.]]></description>
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