61.   The announcement was made by Pierre Michel Sajous, president of the provisional electoral council.

62.   The councils play a key role in the appointment of a permanent electoral council, whose members have nine-year terms.

63.   The announcement prompted the Democratic Revolution and National Action Party representatives to resign their spots on the electoral council.

64.   The bill, written by a nine-member electoral council, outlines election rules such as eligibility requirements for candidates.

65.   The electoral council earlier said it had replaced the destroyed materials and voting would not be put off.

66.   The electoral council has called for negotiations, but angered the parties by allowing dissenting candidates to use party emblems on the ballots.

67.   The electoral council rejected the proposal at a closed session Wednesday and announced its decision Thursday.

68.   The electoral council that held those elections resigned last year under national and international pressure.

69.   The electoral council will announce an election timetable on Monday, council president Anselme Remy told The Associated Press.

70.   The electoral council, meanwhile, failed to publish partial election results promised Thursday night.