41.   The local electoral commission in Nis has called for a rerun of the local elections in nine Nis districts.

42.   The Parliament also expanded the electoral commission, adding more opposition members, and mandated that the state-controlled television and radio give equal time to the opposition.

43.   The US administration carefully worded its reaction to the electoral commission.

44.   They should insist on the establishment of an independent electoral commission and on the ability of the media to operate unhindered.

45.   Three years of military dictatorship left Haiti with no electoral commission, no reliable voter registration rolls, and even a shortage of paper to print ballots.

46.   Yet the PRI-dominated electoral commission declared the PRI candidate governor-elect.

47.   Opposition leader Seif Sharif Hamad demanded the resignation of the government and its electoral commission and that fresh elections be held throughout Zanzibar.

48.   Opposition candidates have been critical of the fact that that the electoral commission organizing the vote is not independent.

49.   Opposition leaders have criticized the organization of the vote and demanded an independent electoral commission, rather than the one set up by the government.

50.   Opposition politicians now are represented on a higher level in the central and regional electoral commissions.