Expensive cedulas

[NewsWhore]

The new cedula (ID and voting card) program launched by the Central Electoral Board (JCE) will eat up more than half the board's 2009 budget. Administrative Chamber president Roberto Rosario said that the program involves issuing new cedulas to more than six million Dominicans. The new cedulas will feature biometric technology, which is aimed at curbing identity fraud. The project will cost between RD$1 and RD$1.5 billion.

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