DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

The Central Electoral Board is asking for citizens to register their telephone number and email. The JCE says this is for use in case the JCE wants to connect with the person. A new online link at [URL]https://acercate.jce.gob.do/ is made available for the verification service.

In the FAQs of the service, the JCE does not specify if filling out the online form is obligatory and explains it will enable the office to contact the person if necessary.

In its socializing of the efforts to provide locals with new ID cards, the JCE officials have admitted that there are over 2.8 million ID cards in circulation with irregularities that need to be corrected. At present, all ID cards in the Dominican Republic have expired.

In its explanation of the new service, the JCE says that before 1997, a birth certificate was not required for the issuing of the ID card. The Civil Registry...