Ecuador's electoral material verified ahead of second round Ecuador's National Electoral Council (CNE) personnel verify electoral material in the outskirts of Quito on Wednesday. On April 2, Ecuador will hold a runoff election, which will decide who succeeds leftist President Rafael Correa after a decade in power. Lenin Moreno, from Ecuador's ruling party, received just under 40 percent of the vote in the first round, and is the favorite in the polls, ahead of his rival, businessman Guillermo Lasso. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES