CEP prepares pilot program for Haitian diaspora voting
A Provisional Electoral Council delegation traveled to the United States to lay groundwork for diaspora participation in upcoming elections.
A delegation from Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council (CEP), led by its president, Peterson Pierre-Louis, traveled to the United States to prepare a pilot program intended to facilitate the participation of the Haitian diaspora in the next elections, according to Le Nouvelliste.
In Florida, the CEP representatives — including Secretary General Nemrod Sanon and Treasurer Schnaïda Adély — were set to hold talks with Haitian diplomatic and consular authorities as well as diaspora organizations, the outlet reported.
These discussions aim, according to the CEP, to define the modalities for participation of Haitians living abroad, in compliance with the electoral decree currently in force.
The initiative reflects longstanding calls for the Haitian diaspora in the United States to be better organized and more directly engaged in the country's political process. The report did not specify a timeline for the pilot program or the dates of the upcoming elections.
Le Nouvelliste provided no further details on the specific voting mechanisms under consideration or the number of diaspora voters that could be covered by the pilot.