NewsWhore
03-05-2007, 05:00 PM
The Central Electoral Board (JCE) has announced that foreign and Dominican experts are working on a new design for the personal identity card known as the "cedula" in order to prevent forgeries. The ID card is used as a voter registration card and the redesigned version will include 21 different security features, along with stricter measures for its issue, all designed to prevent forgery. According to Diario Libre, biometric information, special high-quality paper, fingerprints and the civil registry number are to be incorporated into the information on the 'cedula'. The JCE still has to vote on the measure, but its approval is a foregone conclusion.
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