Electoral Board to reduce size

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) has announced an austerity plan that will reduce salaries and payroll. The plan will also increase the cost of some documents, including triplicate and quadruplicate copies of the personal identification card, the "cedula". The decision was adopted during the JCE Administrative chamber's last session. The move was necessary in the light of Law 497-06 and the recent 47% decrease in funding in the 2007 budget consigned in the 2007 Budget Law. The JCE also agreed to create a Foreigners Registry Book that would allow for the registration of children born to illegal foreigners who do not have proper documentation that would allow them to reside in the Dominican Republic.

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