According to Diario Libre, 6.1 million Dominicans will have the right to vote in the 16 May 2010 municipal and congressional elections. Candidates will be elected for a 6-year term. About 54% of voters are concentrated in just five areas: The province of Santo Domingo (20%), the National District (13%), Santiago (11%), San Cristobal (5.5%) and La Vega (4.6%). Other major cities are San Francisco de Macoris with 221,311 voters, Puerto Plata with 212,511, San Pedro de Macoris (183,968), Moca (166,516) and San Juan de la Maguana (162,656).<\/p>\n
There are 329,429 new voters compared with the voter rolls used in the 2008 presidential elections. There are 3,060,237 (50.50%) women voters and a very slightly smaller total of male voters, 2,999,885 (49.50%). There are 32 provinces, 155 cities and 229 municipal districts, 3,975 polling stations and 13,583 voting booths. <\/p>\n
Of the 329,439 new voters, there are 211,824 new registrations, 781 rehabilitated, 11,571 change of blue plastic, and 33,086 people attaining voting age. A total of 29,688 voter cards were cancelled due to deaths, duplications, false data and other issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
According to Diario Libre, 6.1 million Dominicans will have the right to vote in the 16 May 2010 municipal and congressional elections. Candidates will be elected for a 6-year term. About 54% of voters are concentrated in just five areas: The province of Santo Domingo (20%), the National District (13%), Santiago (11%), San Cristobal (5.5%) … <\/p>\n