1.  What is the population of Haiti according to the CIA World Factbook?  (Scroll down to the third section labeled "People" for the answer.
Voting age in Haiti is 18.  Approximately what number of Haitians are eligible to vote?

2.  Who was declared president-elect of Haiti on Thursday?  Approximately how many candidates were running for president of Haiti?

3.  In Haiti, a candidate must get a majority of the votes to win an election.  What percent of the vote did Mr. Preval get?  How was he named president without winning a majority of the votes?

4.  What number and percentage of people who voted cast blank ballots?  What might be their reason for doing so?  If you had submitted a blank vote, how would you feel about the election council's decision to distribute these votes?

5.  Haiti's elite see Mr. Preval as a puppet of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
A NYSun.com article explained: "[former President Jean-Bertrand] Aristide's rule was marked by corruption and terrible violence."
The interim Haitian government's ambassador to America, Raymond Joseph, told the Sun "Mr. Aristide himself put Haiti in chaos."
What did Mr. Preval say when asked if he would support his former ally's return from exile in South Africa?  What does his statement imply?

6.  Was the electoral council right to redistrubute the blank votes, or do you think they should have have held a run-off election?  Explain your answer.