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Haiti’s electoral council has said it will announce today the provisional results of the country’s presidential run-off. The losing candidate will then have an opportunity to challenge the vote count before final results are declared. The elections have been mired in controversy, with allegations of fraud on both sides, and with some calling the whole process illegitimate. Below are three voices from the race.

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Presidential Candidate Mirlande Manigat talking about morality, and how her campaign for President has been different from past runs for Senate.

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Opposing candidate Michel Martelly has declined to speak with the media until election results are in. However, his good friend Pras Michel, a member of the band the Fugees, weighs in.

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The Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti claims the elections have been illegitimate from the start. Nicole Phillips is an IJDH lawyer currently based in Port-au-Prince. She describes the problems with the first round of elections.