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Two recently returned ghosts from Haiti's past - Jean-Bertrand Aristide and Jean-Claude Duvalier - formed part of the backdrop to the election, but there was no evidence that either had any effect on it.

By BRADLEY KLAPPER (AP) The United States doesn't want Haiti's former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to return to the country ahead of a presidential vote next month. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley says Aristide's return would be "an unfortunate distraction to the people of Haiti" as they prepare for the March 20 vote.

Johannesburg, South Africa (CNN) -- Haiti's former president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, said he is "ready" to return to the country from South Africa "today, tomorrow, at any time." He did not offer any definite plans to go back to the ravaged country. Aristide has been living in South Africa since fleeing Haiti during a violent uprising in 2004.

Port au Prince - The political party of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide will be banned from elections scheduled for February 28, Haitian election officials announced Wednesday.