Voting abroad could be suspended

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Central Electoral Board (JCE) judge Jose Angel Aquino said that voting abroad in the 2008 presidential elections could be cancelled because of budgetary constrainments. Aquino said the cedula process could be suspended in New York, New Jersey, Miami, Puerto Rico, Canada, Spain, Venezuela, Panama and other locations. Aquino says that the JCE doesn't have the money to operate those offices and prepare for the election. Aquino pointed to the RD$9 million budget deficit. Matters are made worse by pressures from political parties that object that the JCE offices abroad secure additional funds issuing voting and ID registration cards (known as cedulas) for US$45. In the DR, the first cedulas and duplicate are free.

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