1.   The electoral council announced that all eligible people would get a chance to vote.

2.   Among the points they pressed were the need to reconsider the contested election results and to name an electoral council that would have the confidence of the Haitian people.

3.   Cervera and his supporters have said they may accept a fourth electoral council, formed by some sort of consensus.

4.   In a letter to former President Clinton in December, Aristide pledged to include opposition figures in his government and appoint a new provisional electoral council.

5.   It has repeatedly criticized both the electoral council and its foreign helpers.

6.   Recently, a daylong voter education event sponsored by the national electoral council was disrupted by hecklers.

7.   The electoral council is expected to announce soon the remaining posts of senators in the North and Central Plateau departments, mayoral, and local positions.

8.   The electoral council is expected to release a new calendar that will push back the runoffs to August.

9.   The December letter proposed resolving the disputed seats from the parliamentary elections, establishing a new electoral council and including the opposition in the government, among other points.

10.   The Haitian electoral council, whose personnel were overwhelmingly Lavalas, miscalculated the balloting.