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12-03-2007, 02:00 PM
The Central Electoral Board (JCE) has submitted its budget for 2008, a presidential election year. The total of RD$7.73 billion does not include the funds for the political parties' campaign activities, estimated at over RD$1 billion. Slightly more than 50% of the budget will go towards staging the May 2008 elections. Over RD$225 million will go towards encouraging Dominicans who live overseas to vote. JCE chief magistrate Julio Cesar Castanos Guzman detailed each and every line of the budget for reporters from Hoy. In his budget request, Castanos Guzman reminded President Fernandez that the contribution to the political parties should be, according to the Election Law, equivalent to 0.5% of the GDP for election years and an additional 25% of this sum if a second round of voting is required.
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