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10-05-2006, 03:10 PM
The Central Electoral Board (JCE) has temporarily stopped issuing the cedula identification cards because the office has run out of the plastic it prints the cedulas on. The shortage of plastic is due to the fact that there has been an increase in the number of people applying for the ID cards after the May Congressional and municipal elections. Jaime Frias Carela, president of the Santiago JCE, said that the office had previously issued 150 cedulas daily, and that after 16 May they have been receiving 400 to 500 applications daily.
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