Dianne Kerry, the wife of Democratic candidate John Kerry visited the Dominican Republic on 23 August to campaign to get more Americans resident in the Dominican Republic to register to vote abroad. Likewise, a Dominican chapter of the Democrats Abroad office is coordinated in the DR by Leo Perez Minaya. The plan is to register 3,000 US expatriates here to vote in the US election by 15 September. Already, 200 Americans have registered to vote in the November election. US polls show the 2004 presidential election to be very tight.