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| Haiti starts counting votes in long-delayed election | Haiti starts counting votes in long-delayed election |
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| Officials in Haiti have begun counting the votes cast in Sunday's much-delayed elections. | Officials in Haiti have begun counting the votes cast in Sunday's much-delayed elections. |
| The process is expected to take at least a week as officials tally the paper ballots by hand. | The process is expected to take at least a week as officials tally the paper ballots by hand. |
| The election was delayed for more than a year after the results of the October 2015 vote were thrown out following allegations of widespread fraud. | The election was delayed for more than a year after the results of the October 2015 vote were thrown out following allegations of widespread fraud. |
| After President Michel Martelly's mandate expired in February, Jocelerme Privert was named interim leader. | After President Michel Martelly's mandate expired in February, Jocelerme Privert was named interim leader. |
| Big challenges ahead | Big challenges ahead |
| The Caribbean nation was choosing a new president and lawmakers. | The Caribbean nation was choosing a new president and lawmakers. |
| The presidential election will probably go to a second round on 29 January as none of the 27 candidates is expected to gain the 50% of the votes necessary to win outright in the first round. | The presidential election will probably go to a second round on 29 January as none of the 27 candidates is expected to gain the 50% of the votes necessary to win outright in the first round. |
| Exit polls suggested Jovenel Moise, 47, had an early lead, although the supporters of Maryse Narcisse said their candidate was ahead. | Exit polls suggested Jovenel Moise, 47, had an early lead, although the supporters of Maryse Narcisse said their candidate was ahead. |
| Mr Moise enjoys the backing of former President Martelly and belongs to his Parti Haitien Tet Kale (Haitian Bald Head Party). | Mr Moise enjoys the backing of former President Martelly and belongs to his Parti Haitien Tet Kale (Haitian Bald Head Party). |
| A banana exporter, Mr Moise won the first round of presidential election held in October 2015 but following allegations of fraud, those elections were annulled. | A banana exporter, Mr Moise won the first round of presidential election held in October 2015 but following allegations of fraud, those elections were annulled. |
| Ms Narcisse, a doctor, has the backing of Haiti's first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and is one of two women running for the top office. | Ms Narcisse, a doctor, has the backing of Haiti's first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and is one of two women running for the top office. |
| Whoever wins the election will face the challenge of reconstructing a country which has been ravaged by natural disasters. | Whoever wins the election will face the challenge of reconstructing a country which has been ravaged by natural disasters. |
| The most recent, Hurricane Matthew, destroyed 90% of some of Haiti's southern areas. | The most recent, Hurricane Matthew, destroyed 90% of some of Haiti's southern areas. |
| One voter in that region told Reuters news agency that what people there needed was "aid after the hurricane, because everything was lost". | One voter in that region told Reuters news agency that what people there needed was "aid after the hurricane, because everything was lost". |
| An appeal for donations by the UN has so far failed to raise even half the sum it set out to reach. | An appeal for donations by the UN has so far failed to raise even half the sum it set out to reach. |
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| Voter turnout in the areas worst hit by Matthew last month was low, according to reports. | Voter turnout in the areas worst hit by Matthew last month was low, according to reports. |
| But the president of the electoral council, Leopold Berlanger, said he was satisfied overall with how voting had progressed. | But the president of the electoral council, Leopold Berlanger, said he was satisfied overall with how voting had progressed. |
| In the capital, Port-au-Prince, voters queued from early in the morning to to cast their ballots. | In the capital, Port-au-Prince, voters queued from early in the morning to to cast their ballots. |
| "This is my responsibility as a citizen," Alain Joseph, a motorcycle taxi driver in the city, told the Associated Press news agency. | "This is my responsibility as a citizen," Alain Joseph, a motorcycle taxi driver in the city, told the Associated Press news agency. |
| Some hours after voting ended, a fire broke out at a market in a suburb of the capital, Port-au-Prince. | Some hours after voting ended, a fire broke out at a market in a suburb of the capital, Port-au-Prince. |
| The cause of the blaze is still unknown. | The cause of the blaze is still unknown. |