DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

JCE President Roman Jaquez Liranzo hands her new ID Card to Ambassador María Isabel Castillo Báez / JCE

The Central Electoral Board (JCE) has officially launched the international phase of its identity document renewal process. María Isabel Castillo Báez, the Dominican ambassador to the United States. She became the first citizen residing abroad to receive the new biometric ID card (cédula) during a focused rollout in Washington, D.C., as reported in N Digital.

The handover was part of a high-level working mission led by JCE President Román Andrés Jáquez Liranzo, accompanied by JCE board member and Overseas Vote coordinator Hirayda Marcelle Fernández Guzmán, and Overseas Vote director Well Sepúlveda.

Upon receiving the document, Ambassador Castillo Báez emphasized that the new card adheres to rigorous...