in VOA Special English.Haiti holds electionson Sunday for a new presidentand National Assembly.The nation has struggledwith damage fromthe January earthquake-- and now a deadlyoutbreak of cholera.This election is seen as oneof the most important in years.International donors are waitingto give billions of dollarsin aid money to a new government.The United States has promisedfourteen million dollarsin election aid to Haiti.That includes money to helppay for international observers.Will Haiti finally getthe political leadership it needsto bring real change?That is the questionon the minds of most Haitians.They live in the poorest countryin the Americas.Haiti is also knownfor widespread corruptionand wasting international aid.One voter, Elexcema Okinel, saysthe country's biggest problemis the tent camps for peopledisplaced by the quake.ELEXCEMA OKINEL: The first thingI want to see fixedis for the new governmentto move people from tentsinto real homes.There is so much miseryin the tent camps."Some Haitians would like to seethe election postponedbecause of the cholera outbreakand earthquake damage.But Mathieu Tranquilor saysthere is no time to wait.Mr. Tranquilor is one of almosttwenty candidates runningfor a senate seatin Port-au-Prince, the capital.MATHIEU TRANQUILOR: "As faras the election is concerned,we need to have an election.Because constitutionally,on February seventh,the current governmentwill be dissolved.So we need to have an electionwith the helpof the international community."Mr. Tranquilor's campaign manageris a Haitian-born civil engineer,Russel Lacroix.They went to school together.Mr. Lacroix has livedfor the past sixteen yearsin the United States.But he says he plans to stayin Haiti and run for presidentin five years.That is how long a candidatemust live in the countrybefore seeking the presidency.RUSSEL LACROIX: "You have to understand,I was born in Haiti.I am one hundred percent Haitian.When I saw everything from the TV,I have to come to my countryto see on my own with my own eyes.And to see how I can help my countryand rebuild my country with the helpof the international community.And that is the main reasonwhy I am here."There are plenty of candidatesin Sunday's elections.Because of that, no one expectsclear winners without a second ballot.But some officials worry thatthere might not be enough voters.A low turnout could callthe results into question.Hundreds of thousands of Haitiansremain homelesssince the January earthquake.Tens of thousands who were displacedare unsure if they willbe permitted to vote.Many in the tent camps are unsureif they will vote on Sunday.Some do not knowwhich voting station to use.Others lost their identity cardsin the quake.Haitians need a nationalidentity card to vote.People have been crowdinggovernment offices to try to get one.But some young Haitians saythe lack of greater progress since the disaster in Januaryhas turned them against politics.Guerrier Accene sayshe has no plans to vote.GUERRIER ACCENE: "When the politiciansneed you, it is only to help themwin an election and get into office."Haitian law bars votingby the eight hundred thousandHaitians living in the United States.But several Haitian presidential candidatestraveled to Florida for a debateearlier this month.Haitian-Americans are important to Haiti.Last year, they sent nearlytwo billion dollarsto family members back home.And that's IN THE NEWSin VOA Special English.