Ongoing gang violence, chronic funding shortfalls, and repeated postponements of voter and candidate registration have kept preparations for Haiti’s scheduled August 30 first-round presidential and legislative elections behind schedule. The Provisional Electoral Council postponed April registration drives without new dates, while Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé has publicly questioned whether the timeline remains feasible amid security constraints. These factors, layered on years of prior delays since 2019, underpin traders’ assessment that further slippage is more likely than not before polls can open.