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JCE delivers final voting list

The Junta Central Electoral, the government body in charge of organizing the presidential, congressional and municipal elections in the DR, delivered to political parties on Saturday the final voting list that will be used in the 16 May presidential elections. 4,373,081 persons are listed with their photographs. Huascar Frías, spokesman for the JCE, said that 121,863 persons were excluded from the list for various reasons. The JCE said it is preparing 11,422 voting stations nationwide. The JCE extended to 30 April the deadline for citizens that have registered to obtain their new voting cards.