Haiti’s path to upcoming democratic elections took a critical step forward on June 29, 2026, when the nation’s Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) launched nationwide hands-on refresher training sessions for prospective Electoral Register Agents (ADREs), the frontline workers who will oversee voter registration and balloting across the country. The first wave of training kicked off simultaneously across four Haitian departments: South, Artibonite, Nippes, and the western Palmes Region and Gonâve island, bringing together hundreds of prospective poll workers from dozens of local municipalities.
Three key hub cities are hosting the first cohort of trainees: Les Cayes in the South department, Gonaïves in Artibonite, and Miragoâne in Nippes. Each session hosts roughly 100 young trainees drawn from across the four host departments, with groups split into two working sections to cover both the theoretical foundations of electoral administration and practical on-the-ground skills required to run smooth voter registration and voting operations. Uniquely, the Miragoâne training hub accommodates not only prospective agents from all 11 communes of Nippes but also agents from five additional communes in the West department: Léogâne, Grand-Goâve, Petit-Goâve, Anse-à-Galet, and Pointe-à-Raquette.
The structured training model will remain in place across the first four departments for several days, to ensure every ADRE scheduled for deployment in every local commune gets the required preparation before voter registration begins. Following the completion of this first phase, CEP training teams will travel to six more Haitian departments: Grand’Anse, South-East, North, North-East, North-West, and Centre, to roll out the same refresher program to remaining agents. The full training initiative is being carried out in advance of the official start of voter registration, which will proceed in line with Haiti’s existing electoral legal framework.
In a statement accompanying the launch of the program, the CEP reaffirmed its core commitment to building a more professional, modern electoral process for Haiti. The council emphasized that it intends to run the entire election cycle in an inclusive, impartial manner, adhering strictly to foundational democratic principles of institutional independence, full transparency, and democratic accountability, all in service of the long-term interests of the Haitian nation.