Diaspora Voting Rights in Question as Haiti's CEP Struggles With Registration Formula
The electoral decree guarantees participation for Haitians abroad, but the CEP has yet to establish how the diaspora can register, according to Le Nouvelliste.
Haitians living abroad may face obstacles participating in the country's next elections despite legal guarantees, Le Nouvelliste reported. According to the outlet, the participation of the diaspora in the upcoming vote is guaranteed by the electoral decree and by the Pacte national pour la stabilité et l'organisation des élections. However, more than a month after voter registration opened in Haiti on July 20, the Conseil électoral provisoire (CEP) has reportedly not yet found the right formula to allow the Haitian diaspora to take part in the registration process, which is a prerequisite for voting. Le Nouvelliste noted that the CEP still had not resolved the matter at the time of publication. The report referenced the president of the CEP and the prime minister in connection with the electoral process. No timeline or mechanism for diaspora registration was specified in the excerpts available. Further details of the article were behind the outlet's subscriber paywall. All Haitian could not independently verify the current status of the CEP's plans for diaspora voter registration beyond the information published by Le Nouvelliste.