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A data-checking weekend for Dominican voters

President Leonel Fernández declared of "national interest" the pre-identification and verification process to take place this Saturday, 25 and Sunday, 26 March nationwide. The Junta Central Electoral, the body in charge of organizing the presidential election of 16 May 2000, is urging that all voters visit their pre-assigned voting station to verify their voting card …
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Presidential candidates list

The Junta Central Electoral reported today that it has confirmed the presidential and vice presidential candidacies of the following political parties: Partido Revolucionario Dominicano: Hipólito Mejía and Milagros Ortíz Bosch. Partido de la Liberación Dominicana (the ruling party): Danilo Medina and Amilcar Romero. The Medina-Romero ticket has the support of the minority party, Bloque Institucional …
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Sahdalá: lying to voters is fraud

Presidential candidate for the minority party, Movimiento de Unidad e Integración Dominicana (UNIDO), Cesar Estrella Sahdalá said that political candidates are committing fraud when they promise what they know they cannot deliver. "Today many organizations meet with the traditional parties and explain their needs and the politicians include these in their government plan as a …
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Medina wants help to issue ID documents to Haitians in Haiti

Danilo Medina, presidential candidate for the Partido de la Liberación Dominicana, urged that developed nations contribute to develop systems in Haiti so that that nation can issue identification documents to all its citizens. The fact that most Haitians, primarily because they are too poor and distrust their government, never bother to get their identification documents …