The Junta Central Electoral, the government body in charge of organizing presidential, municipal and congressional elections in the DR, announced that citizens have until 15 May, if necessary, to secure their voting/identification cards. The process has suffered major technical and managerial problems. Thousands of "cedulas" are tangled in the technical problems that the organization has been confronting. The presidential election is scheduled for 16 May and the card is required for voting. The President of the electoral court, Manuel Ramón Morel Cerda confirmed that more than 700,000 citizens have applied but have not received their cedulas for multiple reasons. Yesterday, which would have been the last day to get the document, there was a mutiny as thousands of persons visited the JCE to get their cedula.
