The Central Electoral Board (JCE) explained that Saturday, 19 October 2019 was the deadline for the closing of registrations on the voters’ list, as well as the closing of services offered in foreign offices, both for electoral purposes.
The electoral agency said that 25 October is the deadline for the registration at the JCE of the lists of all candidates selected in the 6 October primaries of the PRM and the PLD. Those lists, nevertheless, do not include the 20% reserve of candidates allowed by law that need to be registered on 3 December 2019 (at the municipal level) and 3 March 2020 for presidential and congressional candidacies.
The JCE says that the quota for gender and youth, established in Law 33-18 and ratified in Law -15-19, will be strictly enforced at the time of the deposit of candidacies.
27 October is the deadline for the selection of candidates to be elected by popular vote through assemblies, conventions or surveys. The lists of candidates elected through these procedures must be registered no later than 15 November 2019.
Political parties have until 5 November to submit the proposed schedules for presentations in government-owned radio and television media.
The JCE says that 8 November 2019 is the deadline for the municipal level candidacies proclamations.
18 November is the deadline for the delivery of the Electoral Registry Database to political parties. That same date is also the deadline for the filing of applications for alliances, mergers or coalitions. The hearings for these needs to be no later than 20 November and the decision on these must be made no later than 23 November 2019.
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El Caribe
21 October 2019