No exit polls on 16 May

[NewsWhore]

The head of the Central Electoral Board (JCE), Julio Cesar Castanos Guzman, has warned that the Electoral Law does not allow exit polls to be published or broadcast before the JCE issues its bulletins. Castanos Guzman also warned that the media should refrain from announcing any results that do not come from the JCE itself, since the JCE is the only official source of election information. He pointed this out in order to prevent any misunderstandings on Election Day. He also noted that while the reports from each polling station are public documents, only the JCE could provide official results. So far, according to the chief magistrate, the elections have cost RD$1.7 billion and a second round of voting would cost a further RD$300 million.

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