The Junta Central Electoral, in charge of organizing elections in the Dominican Republic, announced a consensus of political parties to eliminate the indelible red dye used to mark the index finger of the right hand of those voting. The colegios cerrados , or closed voting stations, that were used in the 1996 presidential election for the first time and will again be used in the 1998 congressional and municipal election, make it nearly impossible for a person to vote twice. The Junta Central Electoral chose the new board that presides over the Junta Central Electoral del Distrito Nacional. The new board would be made up by Ana Teresa Pérez, María Engracia Franjul de Abatte, Juan Francisco Puello Herrera, Antoliano Peralta Romero and Mu Kien Sang Ben.
