The Central Electoral Board (JCE) has started the week with talks regarding parties that have chosen to hold open primaries and the cost of the process, and agreeing on the application of automated voting. Recently, the president of the JCE, Julio César Castaños Guzmán, said that to hold the open primaries an additional RD$1.5 billion is needed.
On Monday, 4 February 2019, the JCE authorities met with representatives of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), Revolutionary Modern Party (PRM), Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD), Country Alliance (AlPais), and the Democratic Option (OD) with the objective to agree on the use of automated voting.
As part of the negotiations there was agreement on some requirements regarding audits in several phases of the primaries.
The automated voting system has been developed by technicians at the JCE and will use the primaries as a pilot prior to be used in the elections in the 2020 general election.
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Diario Libre
5 February 2019
