The Junta Central Electoral, the Dominican government body in charge of organizing the 2000 presidential election, had criticized Dominicans yesterday, saying that it is part of national idiosyncrasy to leave everything for last minute. The reference was made to the 1.5 million Dominicans that have as of yet to get their voting/identification cards. As a result, Hoy newspaper highlights that hundreds of Dominicans felt they were singled out and visited the JCE offices yesterday to get the document. The JCE has said the deadline to get the cards is 31 December. The JCE is well behind the schedule of issuing the cards. Aside from the apathy of Dominicans, news reports say that technical reasons and ineffective management have affected the process.
