Hoy newspaper reported that contrary to statements made by the president of the Junta Central Electoral, the body in charge of organizing the presidential, congressional and municipal elections, the problems the JCE confronts are because the firm that won the tender to prepare the new ID and voting card document or "c?dula" did not hand in the complete application form and the new c?dula does not have the finger prints to allow comparisons by the computer. This was revealed by Joel Lantigua, the former director of the ID card department of the Junta Central Electoral. Lantigua is very familiar with the process as the company won the bid during his tenure. He said that the failure of the company to complete the technological set up is a serious problem. He said that the central computer cannot yet compare the finger prints on the new cards.
