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The plenary session of the Central Electoral Board (JCE) after a meeting on Tuesday, 18 February 2020 said that it has requested technical assistance from both the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) and the Inter-American Union of Electoral Organizations (UNIORE) to determine the reasons leading to the electronic voting glitch on Sunday, 16 February …

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The number of young people gathered outside the Central Electoral Board (JCE) for evening protests for transparency after the suspension of the municipal election had been growing from dozens at the start to hundreds on Tuesday, 18 February 2020. That evening, though, the peaceful protestors were dispersed by tear gas bombs. Defense Minister, Lieutenant General …

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National Police director Ney Aldrin Bautista says the police officer assigned to the security of Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) candidate Luis Abinader, colonel Ramon Antonio Guzmán, and a Claro technician Manuel Antonio Regalado Martinez are being investigated for their possible involvement in the failure of the automated voting system. An alleged taped conversation between the …

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Delegates for 14 political parties were at the Central Electoral Board (JCE) to protest the unilateral setting of a new date by the electoral body. The municipal elections are being rescheduled after a glitch in the e-voting system resulted in the canceling of the municipal election on the same day of the election, Sunday, 16 …

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Lawyer Laura Acosta says that to legalize the suspension of the municipal elections, the Central Electoral Board (JCE) should submit its decision to the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), so that the court make this legitimate. She explains the electoral law only foresees “annulling” elections, not suspending these. “To annul an election means that these had …

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Lawyer Angel Lockward submitted a request to the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) regarding the suspension of the 16 February 2020 municipal elections. Lockward argues that the suspension violates the right to elect and be elected of millions of Dominicans. In the request for the opinion of the TSE, Lockward argued that the Central Electoral Board …

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Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) deputy and candidate to senator for the National District Faride Raful says that the opposition is hard pressed to carry out another month of campaigning and a repeat of election day efforts. “You know what it means for us as a political opposition that a process be stopped and we have …

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Contemporary music legendary singer Juan Luis Guerra uploaded a call for democracy on his Instagram page after the crash of the municipal election on Sunday, 16 February. As reported in Diario Libre, Guerra said what has happened is shameful. “Is it because we don’t speak French,” asked Guerra, in a play on the lyrics of …

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Participación Ciudadana is demanding an investigation into what happened to lead to the suspension of the municipal election on Sunday, 16 February 2020. But the civic watchdog group is also reporting that the thousands of prosecutors the Attorney General Office named for electoral matters were worthless. PC says they have evidence that prosecutors did not …

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The executive director of the civic watchdog group Participación Ciudadana, Carlos Pimentel is asking the Central Electoral Board (JCE) to investigate the statements made by the president of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), Temístocles Montás to determine whether it is true that the government party has a system that enables it to know who a …

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