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PC001

Registration requirements for parties (Chamber 1)
Question:What are the registration requirements for political parties running for national elections (Chamber 1)?
Answer(s): f. Other
Comments: The organizers must file the application before the Central Electoral Board (JCE) along with the register of their governing bodies; the record of the name or slogan of the political party; the logo drawings; and, various affidavits by the different hierarchies of the structure of the party.
Source: Ley Electoral “Ley Orgánica de Régimen Electoral No. 15-19 art. 133-146: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/DO/republica-dominicana-ley-organica-de-regimen/ (2019)
Verified: 2020/02/05
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PC003

Registration requirements for candidates (Chamber 1)
Question:What are the legal qualifications to become a candidate at legislative elections (Chamber 1)?
Answer(s): a. Age
b. Citizenship
c. Country of birth
d. Residence
j. Other
Comments: Be 25 years old and at least five years living in the district where s/he is planning to compete. When the candidate is a naturalized citizen, a minimum of ten years of naturalization and five years living in the district to be represented is required.
Source: Constitución: Constitución de la República Dominicana (2015) art. 79 y 82: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/DO/republica-dominicana-constitucion-politica-2015/ (2020)
Verified: 2020/02/05
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PC008

Independent candidates
Question:Can independent candidates compete in presidential or legislative elections?
Answer(s): e. In both presidential and legislative elections
Comments: Independent candidatures can be national, provincial or local. If any political association wants to support them, the Central Electoral Board (JCE) must be notified sixty days before of the election.
Source: Ley Electoral “Ley Orgánica de Régimen Electoral No. 15-19 art. 147: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/DO/republica-dominicana-ley-organica-de-regimen/ (2019)
Verified: 2020/02/05
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PC012

Public funding of parties
Question:Do political parties receive direct/indirect public funding?
Answer(s): b. Direct
c. Indirect
Comments: Within the General National Budget and Public Expenditure Law is provided a fund equal to half percent (1/2%) of national revenues during years of general elections, and one quarter percent (1/4%) during the non-electoral period. In addition, political parties can access to mass media (press, radio, television, etc.) during electoral period equally.
Source: Ley núm. 33-18, de Partidos, Agrupaciones y Movimientos Políticos G.O. No. 10917, art. 23 (5), 63 http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/DO/republica-dominicana-ley-33-18-de-partidos/ (2018) Ley Electoral “Ley Orgánica de Régimen Electoral No. 15-19 art. 203 (párrafo): http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/DO/republica-dominicana-ley-organica-de-regimen/ (2019)
Verified: 2020/02/05
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PC015


Question:What is the basis of the public funding?
Answer(s): a. Equal funding, regardless of size and previous performance
b. Based on result of previous election
Comments: In the course of general elections, eighty percent of the financing is allocated equally among the political parties that obtained more than five percent of the valid votes issued in the last electoral process; and, the remaining twenty percent is allocated equally among the parties that obtained less than five percent.
Source: Ley núm. 33-18, de Partidos, Agrupaciones y Movimientos Políticos G.O. No. 10917, art. 61 y 62 (3): http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/DO/republica-dominicana-ley-33-18-de-partidos/ (2018)
Verified: 2020/02/05
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PC017


Question:Are political parties entitled to private funding?
Answer: a. Yes
Comments: Private and national contributions from natural and legal people are only considered. The assistance of the economic groups, governments and institutions from abroad is restricted.
Source: Ley núm. 33-18, de Partidos, Agrupaciones y Movimientos Políticos G.O. No. 10917, art. 63: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/DO/republica-dominicana-ley-33-18-de-partidos/ (2018) Ley Electoral “Ley Orgánica de Régimen Electoral No. 15-19 art. 204 (párrafo II): http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/DO/republica-dominicana-ley-organica-de-regimen/ (2019)
Verified: 2020/02/05
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