Haiti’s national elections, set for Jan. 8 and plagued by delays and disorganization, will be postponed for a fourth time, electoral officials said Friday.
Three election workers from the Organization of American States were kidnapped Thursday, police said, illustrating the lack of security for the vote.
The presidential and legislative elections–the first since a rebellion ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide nearly two years ago–were originally scheduled for Oct. 15, and had since been postponed three times.
Delays in distributing 3.5 million voter identification cards, disorganized voting centers and problems with the voter database were the main reasons for the latest postponement, said Rosemond Pradel, secretary general of Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council.
The election has 35 candidates for president and hundreds for 129 legislative seats.
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