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12-18-2007, 05:30 PM
The Central Electoral Board (JCE) is asking the government to reconsider their budget allocation, arguing that the funding will affect the organization of the 2008 presidential election. A document prepared by JCE judges claims that the RD$2,487,678,433 allocated is not nearly enough to meet the public's demands and execute all the projects that the JCE is undertaking, as reported in Hoy.
The political parties are behind the JCE claims for a larger budget, but Javier Cabreja of civic group Participacion Ciudadana commented that the budget is enough for organizing the election. He said the amount is similar to the sum allocated for the 2004 presidential election and the municipal and congressional elections in 2006.
The JCE argues that for the 2008 elections there would be more than 300,000 new registered voters, 13,300 electoral colleges and 250 electoral colleges abroad, making these more costly. The document claims that budget officials have failed to take a number of factors into account, namely the increase in administrative costs, investment in training and selection of personnel, new computer systems to speed up the voting process and the increase in voting by Dominicans abroad.
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The political parties are behind the JCE claims for a larger budget, but Javier Cabreja of civic group Participacion Ciudadana commented that the budget is enough for organizing the election. He said the amount is similar to the sum allocated for the 2004 presidential election and the municipal and congressional elections in 2006.
The JCE argues that for the 2008 elections there would be more than 300,000 new registered voters, 13,300 electoral colleges and 250 electoral colleges abroad, making these more costly. The document claims that budget officials have failed to take a number of factors into account, namely the increase in administrative costs, investment in training and selection of personnel, new computer systems to speed up the voting process and the increase in voting by Dominicans abroad.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#4)