2008 – Page 218

Greenberg Quinlan Rosner-Diario Libre: May. PLD 55%, PRD 37%, PRSC 6%. Clave Noxa-Cies: May. PLD 54%, PRD 36%, PRSC 9% Penn & Shoen: April. PLD 56%, PRD 37%, PRSC 5% Gallup: April. PLD 51.7%, PRD 37.4%, PRSC 4%

In the 2004 presidential election, 52,440 Dominicans living overseas registered to vote and of these, 35,042 voted. President Leonel Fernandez received a majority of the votes cast, or 25,898 for 74%, then President Hipolito Mejia received 7,141 votes for 22% and Eduardo Estrella (PRSC) received 1,356 votes, or 3%. Four years later, for the 2008 …

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The sale of alcohol is banned 24 hours before the polls open and right until three hours after the end of voting, or 9pm. On Thursday, 15 May, the Electoral Military Police (PME) closed 70 businesses (mostly colmadones) that violated Art. 109 of the Electoral Law 275-97 that prohibits the sale of alcoholic beverage 24 …

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The arbiters of the 2008 presidential elections for the Central Electoral Board (JCE) are: Julio Cesar Castanos Guzman, Aura Celeste Fernandez, Eddy Olivares, Roberto Rosario, Jose Angel Aquino, Cesar Francisco Feliz Feliz, John Guiliani, Mariano Rodriguez and Leyda Pina. Of these, both Roberto Rosario and Aura Celeste Fernandez repeat as JCE judges. For background on …

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This is the 13th election to be held since the overthrow of the Trujillo dictatorship in 1961. Three political parties have prevailed over the past 46 years – the PRD, PRSC and PLD (which was founded by PRD dissidents). The per year official vote counts were: 1962: Juan Bosch (PRD). He won the election with …

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President Leonel Fernandez hasn’t even won his third term in office yet during an interview with CNN reporter Claudia Palacios last night, Fernandez said that although a fourth term isn’t the best option, a change in the situation could determine a change in circumstances. Fernandez is quoted in Hoy as saying, “I find your question …

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Fighting a raspy voice, Miguel Vargas Maldonado and the PRD closed its presidential campaign yesterday during a mass rally in Santo Domingo. Vargas and PRD took part in a four-hour long procession of vehicles before ending up at the stage at the intersections of the Abraham Lincoln, Roberto Pastoriza and Lope de Vega avenues. During …

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If you thought politics paid off, you might want to consider a job in political advertising. Hoy writes that between January and April, Dominican political parties spent RD$871,358,054 on various forms of advertising. Citing a report by civic group Participacion Ciudadana, Hoy writes that of a total RD$871 million spent, RD$502,959,858 was spent by the …

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More than 200 representatives from international and diplomatic organizations will be in the DR to observe the 2008 Dominican Presidential Election. However, Hoy reports that many of those participants have yet to arrive. During a speech welcoming election observers, Central Electoral Board (JCE) head Julio Cesar Castanos Guzman said that since the death of dictator …

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Three men were killed in political campaign violence yesterday, as reported in El Caribe. The events occurred in Villa Vasquez where former Deputy Antonio Fernandez was a victim. Two others, Carlos Polanco and Isidro Tavarez were also victims when rival “disco light” vehicles, blasting out their music, crossed paths on their respective campaign routes shortly …

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