2004News

Man with 3 cedulas claims to have none

Yovanny de Jesus Pena Cordero, revealed earlier this week to be in possession of three identification and voting cards (cedulas), has told reporters that he in fact has none. The 37-year-old builder said that he lost the one he used to vote in the last congressional and municipal elections in 2002 and only learned that he was registered under three identities at the Central Electoral Board (JCE) when a friend showed him the article that appeared in El Nacional newspaper as an example of the disarray in the voting system. Pena Cordero claimed to be non-political, and said he would be going to the JCE’s office to clarify the situation. According to the electoral list, Pena Cordero is registered under three different ID numbers, making him eligible to vote at three separate voting stations.