Dominicans in Canada will vote in New York and those in England will vote in France
- The JCE explains the situation that affects a total of 2,700 registered people
The Central Electoral Board (JCE) explained this Wednesday that the decision that voters who are registered in Canada and England vote in New York and France, respectively, was given because the authorization of said territories occurred outside the legal period established for those purposes.
Mario Núñez, National Director of Elections, explained that by the expiration date of the term for the establishment of foreign precincts on June 5, Canada had not authorized the voting of Dominicans abroad in its territory, which is why the JCE had to locate those voters in Albany, New York, as being the closest city to Canada. He also stated that said information was "served to the political parties in a timely manner, that is, we were all aware of this process."
He said that Canada has 2,200 registered voters who join the registered voters in Albany, for a total of 3,600 people, distributed in 6 electoral colleges. "Those voters who were registered in Canada, but who are registered in the Albany, New York register, were distributed within those registers until June 13, that is, the JCE after having set a deadline on June 5, June, it was extended until June 13 and still on that date, Canada had not released the authorization for the vote to be carried out ”.
He specified that the JCE “was informed of the decision of Canada on June 18 and 5 days had already passed, since the foreign registration was printed and, in fact, when the authorization arrived, the registers were already prepared in the suitcases that they were going to be destined to the electoral colleges of New York ”.
He also explained that when the authorization from that country arrived, "we could not at that time remove those voters to enable them there, because the logistics were set up and that implied readjusting the registry to enable them in Canada and exclude them from the city of Albany."
Finally, he declared that, in the case of England, there is a similar situation with its 500 registered voters and that, as of June 5, "that country had not authorized the voting of Dominican nationals, for which reason several political parties agreed with That this vote should take place in France, because in logistical terms it was easier and, in response to that request, the JCE welcomed that the voters registered in England vote in France, where 884 voters vote, for a total of 1,384 voters, distributed in 3 electoral colleges ”.
La JCE explica la situación que afecta a un total de 2,700 personas empadronadas
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