42% of Dominicans have their new ID and voting cards (cedulas). The Central Electoral Board (JCE) says that of a possible 6,978,538 eligible voters, they have received requests for the new card from 2,919,958 people, of whom 2,431,023 have already been issued the card through 31 August 2014. 274,378 cards are ready for printing and another 83,032 are being processed. 4,190,105 still need to request the new card. The process began on 21 April. The new card is required to vote in the May 2016 election.
According to the process stats, 1,722,486 citizens reported address changes, 1,405,573 added their blood type, 618,754 changed their occupation, and 146,359 their civil status.
2,673,085 people changed data in their ID. Of these, 2,338 were former military personnel who changed their status to civilian. 210 foreigners were issued IDs as naturalized Dominicans.
The requests also include non-voting identification cards for 53,369 military personnel and 11,203 foreigners.
Of the total eligible voters, 3,547,057 are women and 3,431,481 men. Of these 1,950,756 are between the ages of 16 and 29, 1,502,487 in the 30-39 age group, 1,341,289 are between 40 and 49 and 2,183,997 are over the age of 50.
JCE president Roberto Rosario says he expects that by December 2014, some five million Dominicans will have obtained their ID, or around 70%.