Voter Registration: Long Waits for Citizens to Take the First Step Toward Voting

Under oppressive heat, packed closely together in a slow-moving line, dozens of citizens wait patiently in the courtyard of Pétion-Ville National High School. It is nearly 2:00 p.m. Some have been there since the morning in the hope of registering on the electoral roll. A few meters away, two agents from the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP), wearing blue vests and caps in the institution’s colors, fill out paper forms before entering the information into a tablet. This is where voter registration operations for the 2026&ndash