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Please Join Us in Accompanying
CRIPDES in Promoting Free and Fair Elections in El Salvador in March 2009
Elections Observation Delegation:
March 10th-19st
To
register, click here
Registration
Deadline: February 10th, 2009
Many say that these are the most important elections
in Salvadoran history
· We will meet
with a number of civic and human rights organizations to learn about and document
their experience of the electoral process.
· We will
receive training as official elections observers.
· On election
day we will observe at the polling locations that are at the highest risk for
fraud.
· Afterward,
we will document the results of our observation and publicize them in El
Salvador and in the US.
Why
is observation so important?
Salvadorans
are ready for a change. The past decade of right-wing governing has
ushered in the signing and ratification of the Central American Free Trade
Agreement, privatization of many public services, and attacks on freedom of
expression. Currently the presidential candidate for the opposition party holds
a 15 point lead over the government party candidate.
However
a democratic electoral process will be a struggle in El Salvador. In the 2004 elections,
the government party brought people from neighboring Honduras and Guatemala to
vote at the polls, a number of people arrived at the polls to find that someone
had already voted in their name, and a number of US officials claimed that
Salvadoran immigrants in the US would be deported should the left wing party
win the elections.
Delegation Cost: $800 includes training, registration, transportation,
housing, food, and translation. This cost does not include airfare. Delegations
are accompanied at all times by a trained coordinator.
(Have questions before you register? Don't hesitate to contact us.)
Read up on why these elections are so important: www.elsalvadorsolidarity.org, http://freeandfairelections.wordpress.com/
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