The

Joint Electoral Observation Mission (JEOM) of the Organization of

American States and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Haiti, led

by Ambassador Colin Granderson, is a long-term mission that has been

present on the ground in Haiti since August 3, 2010. The Mission is

currently composed of 68 observers who are deployed in each of the

10 departments and it intends to increase its field presence in the

coming days. The JEOM has observed the different phases of the

organization of the electoral process: the registration,

contestation and validation processes for presidential candidates;

the assignment of numbers for new political parties participating in

the presidential elections; the drawing of lots for the designation

of polling station members based on nominations made by the

political parties; the updating, preparation and publication of the

electoral list; the technical, administrative and logistical

preparations for election day; the unfolding of the two phases of

the electoral campaign; and the training of trainers for polling

station personnel...