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 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - A spokesman for former Haitian President Rene Preval said Wednesday that unconfirmed early results showed him with a wide lead in the country's presidential race — even though many ballots were still being carried in from remote polling places by plane, truck and mule.
The claim from Preval's team could not be verified, and the first official results were not expected to be released until Thursday, said Jacques Bernard, director general of Haiti's electoral council. Final results could come on Friday or Saturday, he said.
Tuesday's elections were the first since the government of Jean-Bertrand Aristide was ousted in a bloody revolt two years ago, and officials said collecting and tabulating the results would take several days.
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