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#2344: Haiti Election Bulletin : Wharram replies to Kozyn
From: Bruce Wharram <bruce.wharram@sylvania.sev.org>
John Kozyn:
John, I'm not sure which claim you were referring to that I was stretching
a bit. I probably did not make my point very clear. It appeared
to me that the IFES bulletin from Torie Keller seemed to gloss over the
picture of the registration process that I had been assimilating from the
posts in Corbett land; i.e. "<i>Voter registration turnout has been very
good . . . some isolated instances of violence in which the registration
materials were destroyed, but the process is going smoothly and peacefully
in the majority of the registration sites that have opened<b> </b></i>(
it's my understanding that a lot haven't opened for one reason or another)
. . . <i>some logistical mishaps<b> </b></i> (it would seem that there
have been quite a few logistical mishaps) . . . <i>Additional materials
are being purchased to replace those that were destroyed and to cover the
needs of the new registration sites around the country . . . There are
enough materials to accommodate the overall numbers of voters</i>
(?????)." In my opinion, this seems to be a pretty rosy picture of
how the registration process is going, since it trivializes the lack of
materials available; the demonstrations/ roadblocks etc. such as was reported
on Delmas.
<br>John, I wasn't indicating that I had read stories by Reuters or AP
reflecting that large numbers of people are registering. Also, any
comments are strictly based on my opinion of what I've read and tried to
digest from the Corbett postings as I find no info/news in the US media
where I live, in fact some times I question whether our news media even
knows there is a Haiti.
<br>I guess my misinterpretation and comments are indicative of why I am
generally a "spec-tator".
<p>Bruce Wharram</html>