NewsWhore
05-06-2008, 05:40 PM
The Central Electoral Board has tested the scanners that will be used for the first time in this election to expedite the vote count. The scanners will make it possible for results to be transmitted electronically from polling stations to JCE headquarters in Santo Domingo. The first tests of the scanners, with data sent from San Cristobal and Santo Domingo provinces, took place over the Labor Day weekend in the presence of observers from the Organization of American States, the political parties and JCE judges. In the first 26 minutes of testing, using 100 scanners, 885 result statements were sent to the JCE, covering 1,321 polling stations.
JCE Administrative Chamber President Roberto Rosario assured the public that the 742 scanners that will be installed will be able to receive 6,195 statements in the first 26 minutes. He said the vote count should be in by midnight.
Rosario said a shipment of 400 is expected this week and that another shipment would arrive next week.
Minority party candidate Guillermo Moreno (MIUCA) is questioning whether the statements could be manipulated so as to give the results first that would favor the PLD, whose candidate Leonel Fernandez is seeking re-election.
PRD delegate to the JCE Jose Delio Ares said that the "show" was nice but that during the 16 May elections the JCE will have to deal with a national system. PRSC representative Tacito Perdomo explained that the system didn't work in four voting stations, where results took more than an hour to arrive.
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JCE Administrative Chamber President Roberto Rosario assured the public that the 742 scanners that will be installed will be able to receive 6,195 statements in the first 26 minutes. He said the vote count should be in by midnight.
Rosario said a shipment of 400 is expected this week and that another shipment would arrive next week.
Minority party candidate Guillermo Moreno (MIUCA) is questioning whether the statements could be manipulated so as to give the results first that would favor the PLD, whose candidate Leonel Fernandez is seeking re-election.
PRD delegate to the JCE Jose Delio Ares said that the "show" was nice but that during the 16 May elections the JCE will have to deal with a national system. PRSC representative Tacito Perdomo explained that the system didn't work in four voting stations, where results took more than an hour to arrive.
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