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1971 Haitian constitutional referendum

Field	Value
date	30 January 1971
country	Haiti
flag_year	1964
title	Citizen Dr. François Duvalier has chosen Citizen Jean-Claude Duvalier to succeed him as Life President of the Republic. Does this choice meet your aspirations and desires? Do you ratify it?
yes	2319916
no	1
invalid	2

A constitutional referendum was held in Haiti on 30 January 1971. Before the referendum, the Haitian parliament had voted in favour of lowering the age limit for becoming president from 40 years to 20, as well as confirming Jean-Claude Duvalier, son of ailing dictator François Duvalier at 21 years of age, which would allow him to succeed his father.

Ballots were printed with the "yes" option already filled in. Although the official count was 2,391,916 in favour and no votes against, it was reported that there were two blank ballots and one "no" vote.

Results

References

(22 February 1971). "Enter Mama Doc".
[[Dieter Nohlen]]. (2005). "Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I". OUP Oxford.
(5 March 2021). "The disturbing similarities between the Duvalier regime and the administration of Jovenel Moise".
[[Irwin P. Stotzky]]. (1999). "Silencing the Guns in Haiti: The Promise of Deliberative Democracy". University of Chicago Press.
(24 February 1971). "Black Nation of Haiti In Political Transition".

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