How voting works

No registration, no ballot: the three steps between you and election day — getting your CIN, registering to vote, and verifying your name and voting center before December 13.

The CEP has published a list of registration and voting centers — 1,406 centers across Haiti according to the published list at the time of this update. Here is what CIVs are, how they work, how to find yours, and why you should check again before December 13.

What happens between your front door and the ballot box: what to bring, what you'll see, what makes your ballot count — and what would spoil it.

Why there are two election dates, the two ways to win in December — including the 25-point rule almost nobody knows — and why local races are decided in a single round.

One map of Haiti's electoral system: what you elect directly, what those elections build indirectly, and why the smallest races matter to institutions far beyond your neighborhood.

Three similar-sounding terms, three different political arrangements. For the 2026–2027 elections, the CEP has approved 105 political structures: 17 groupements and 88 parties. Here is what each category means — and what you may see on your ballot.

Every major milestone between voter registration and the final results — the dates that matter to you, what happens between the two election days, and why the CEP warns that the calendar still depends on security and funding.