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03-31-2008, 04:50 PM
The Central Electoral Board (JCE) will withhold funding for the political parties until it has ruled on the appeal filed by the PNVC after the JCE rejected its alliance with the Social Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRSD) and the Fourth Way. The total funding is said to be worth RD$1.06 billion, with the three major parties receiving RD$286 million each for their campaigns. Even the smallest parties get at least RD$6.0 million. The JCE also said that it would not print up the election ballots until the dispute was settled. JCE spokespersons said that there was no real problem associated with a short delay in getting the ballots to the printers.
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