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Dominican Republic: Electoral court to draft policy on Dominican residency, Dominican Today (2009)

"After determining that tens of thousands of foreigners reside illegaly in the country, the Central Electoral Board (JCE), the Immigration Agency and Interior and Police Ministry began a series of discussions to draft an official policy to deal with the situation."

Dominican Republic: OAS: Dominican President used taxpayers’ money in campaign, Dominican Today (2008)

 

Dominican Republic: Fissure threatens Dominican ruling party coalition, Dominican Today (2008)

 

Dominican Republic: Observers call Dominican elections successful, Dominican Today (2008)

 

Dominican Republic: Dominican presidential elections results proved the polls right, Dominican Today (2008)

 

Dominican Republic: After crushing defeat, 3rd largest Dominican opposition party’s leaders are asked to quit, Dominican Today (2008)

 

Dominican Republic: Reelected Dominican President reaches out to the opposition, Dominican Today (2008)

 

Dominican Republic: Dominican president faces toughest term, warns of economic slowdown, Dominican Today (2008)

 

Dominican Republic: Dominican President Wins a Third Term, The New York Times (2008)

 

Dominican Republic: From Madrid to Miami, Dominican citizens vote in calm, Dominican Today (2008)

 

Dominican Republic: Dominican voters have “massive” turnout, electoral chief says, Dominican Today (2008)

 

Dominican Republic: Dominican voters choose the incumbent, Dominican Today (2008)

 

Dominican Republic: Ruling party voter ID purchases “dismantled,” opposition candidate says, Dominican Today (2008)

 

Dominican Republic: Dominicans nurture their democracy, Dominican Today (2008)

 

Dominican Republic: Dominican election 1st official results expected 9 to 10 p.m., Dominican Today (2008)

 

Dominican Republic: Dominican presidential candidates will vote early, Dominican Today (2008)

 

Dominican Republic: Former senator arrested in Dominican northwest killings, Dominican Today (2008)

 

Dominican Republic: Around 200 international observers arrive for Dominican presidential election, Dominican Today (2008)

 

Dominican Republic: Political violence claims 3 hours prior to Dominican presidential election, Dominican Today (2008)

 

Dominican Republic: Court orders Dominican Government to stop paying party members, Dominican Today (2008)

"The Electoral Board’s (JCE) Administrative Chamber today ordered the Government to immediately stop payments via the “little payrolls” to members of the ruling PLD party who don’t provide any service."

Dominican Republic: US and OAS to monitor Dominican elections, Dominican Today (2008)

 

Dominican Republic: No more politicking, Dominicans have 24 hours to think, Dominican Today (2008)

 

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República Dominicana: Central Electoral Board agreed to pay U.S. $ 8.5 MM to Somo, DRSol (2009)

"The Central Electoral Board (JCE) and the Consortium Solutions Modernas (Somo) reached a preliminary agreement, which set in U.S. $ 8,500,000 debt to the court, establish a payment plan and the immediate resumption of work on automation of the n register. The first payment will be $ 2,500,000 at the time of signing the agreement and $ 879,916.24 from 30 days".

Dominican Republic: Little transparency in Electoral court, judge says, Dominican Today (2009)

Central Electoral Board judge Aura Celeste Fernandez yesterday ratcheted her demand of more transparency in that entity, including rendering of accounts on expenses and for its Plenary to clarify contracts and similar topics.

Dominican Republic: Transparency call roils Dominican Electoral court, Dominican Today (2009)

Electoral Board (JCE) president Julio Cesar Castaños Wednesday morning called a calumny his pier Aura Celeste Fernandez’s allegation that he signs contracts without the Plenary’s approval. He said although he doesn’t see any bad faith in her call for transparency, “saying that the JCE president has signed contracts without the Plenary’s authorization seems calumny to me."

Dominican Republic: Fernandez, PLD party presidentialists agree to bolster unity, Dominican Today (2009)

President Leonel Fernandez, as also president of the PLD party met Saturday with the organization’s leaders who are hopefuls to its presidential candidacy, and pledged to work together for the midterm elections of May 16, 2010.

Dominican Republic: Central Electoral Board asks for a billion to hold primaries, Dominican Today (2009)

The Central Electoral Board (JCE) will have to assign RD$1.0 billion in order to hold the primaries of the parties since they all have to be held the same day, in correspondance with the Law on Political Parties.

Dominican Republic: Lack of funds won’t jeopardize 2010 midterm elections, official says, DominicanToday (2009)

"The JCE announced it plans to spend around 3.5 billion pesos in the 2010 elections, although Administrative Chamber president Roberto Rosario yesterday confirmed that it was allotted the same budget as the previous year of RD$2.5 billion."

Dominican Republic’s new Constitution gets final signatures, Dominican Today (2009)

"The National Revisory Assembly’s members today began to sign the original text of new Constitution which will govern the nation’s destiny once proclaimed in a ceremony slated for Congress on January 26 [2010]."

Money for May 16 elections “has to appear," Electoral chief says, Dominican Today (2010)

"Castaños said the problem of funds to secure the congressional and municipal elections 'is an important stumbling block which must be surmounted'."

Dominican Republic: Opposition party kicks off electoral campaign on Saturday, Dominican Today (2010)

"The opposition PRD party, the country’s second largest, announced Thursday it will start its campaign in the National District for the May 16 elections on Saturday."

Dominican Republic: Government officials on ballots must to take a leave of absence, Dominican Today (2010)

"The government officials or employees who seek elected posts will have to comply with the Law to take a leave of three months before the elections, warned the Electoral Board’s (JCE) Administrative Chamber president Roberto Rosario."

Dominican Republic: Ex Dominican leader slams the Government’s “faggots,” his party’s “bums”, Dominican Today (2010)

Mejia said in the opposition PRD party’s ticket for the midterm elections “there are very bad people who don’t have the conditions even to be a dog catcher; there are many people who don’t deserve to be a candidate."

Dominican Republic: Dominican beauty queen throws her hat in the political ring, Dominica Today (2010)

"The current Miss Dominican Republic and Miss Universe Pageant’s first runner-up has been tapped by the opposition PRD party as its candidate for vice mayor of the city Santo Domingo North."

Dominican Republic: Dominican Republic candidate challenged on drugs probe, Dominican Today (2010)

"The PLD party was notified of the Electoral court’s Resolution dated March 12, after the Chamber ruled for the challenge filed by Feliz’s lawyer, and ordered the National Electoral Commission and other PLD authorities to recognize his acquired rights for getting the most votes in the PLD convention held in that municipality."

Dominican Republic parties in last minute rush to register candidates, Dominican Today (2010)

"Dominican Republic’s major opposition party, the PRD, was the first to register last night its congressional candidates in the offices of the Central Electoral Board (JCE), which include deputies and senators, in a nationwide process marred by incidents."

Dominican Republic: Major candidate’s reported resignation may signal trouble for opposition party, Dominican Today (2010)

The reported resignation last night to the candidate to Mayor of Santo Domingo East may signal similar actions in Dominican Republic’s major opposition party, PRD, faced with overwhelming possibilities of the tickets of the ruling party PLD in the May 16 elections.

Challenges to candidates swamp Dominican Republic Electoral Court, Dominican Today (2010)

New changes and challenges to candidacies were submitted in the Central Electoral Board on Monday, for which the Court will have to review the sudden increase to issue a resolution to admit or reject them.

Women candidates in Dominican May elections, Dominican Today (2010)

"Of the 16,190 candidates registered for the 16th May congressional and municipal elections in the Dominican Republic, 6,914 are women."

Dominican Republic: Voter fraud is now history, Electoral judge says, Dominican Today (2010)

"The head of the Central Electoral Board’s (JCE) Administrative Chamber affirmed that nobody in the country will speak of fraud after that institution’s current tenure, because that concept disappeared."

Dominican Republic: Election court calls bids to print 13.8M midterm elections ballots, Dominican Today (2010)

"The Electoral Board’s (JCE) Administrative Chamber announced the start of a bidding to print 13.8 million ballots for the May 16 congressional and municipal elections, for which the Electoral court’s Bidding Commission will receive the tender offers."

Dominican Republic: Government says opposition party stokes tax reform fears, Dominican Today (2010)

The Government yesterday rebuffed reports it’s preparing a new tax reform, as denounced by the opposition PRD party, and instead affirmed that it is concentrated in maintaining macroeconomic stability.

Dominican Republic: Major opposition party’s “crazy man got loose,” again, Dominican Today (2010)

Dominican Republic’s major opposition party (PRD) is again suffering from “the crazy man gets loose,” in reference to its traditional internal bickering and which may prevent its success in the May 16 elections.

Dominican Republic: Meltdown continues in the opposition party, Dominican Today (2010)

Miguel Vargas’ complaint that groups within the opposition PRD party work to defeat their candidates let loose a hornet’s nest in that organization, whose other senior leader voiced a harsh response to the entity’s president.

Dominican Republic: Few candidates take leave from their official posts, Dominican Today (2010)

Only 375 of the 2,560 officials who are candidates in the May 16 elections have filed affidavits in the Board Electoral (JCE) which prove they’ve taking leave from their posts, but even so Administrative Chamber president Robert Rosario sees advance in establishing a level playing field for contenders.

Dominican Republic: Opposition party leaders seek to cool its meltdown, Dominican Today (2010)

Hugo Tolentino Dipp, Luis Abinader, Tomas Hernandez Alberto and Mario Torres asked the other senior leaders to work together to secure the PRD’s success in the next elections.

“Absurd” to ban Dominican Republic President from campaigning, Dominian Today (2010)

Julio Cesar Castaños reminded that Fernandez is also president of the ruling PLD party and therefore has the right to attend its activities, but noted that he shouldn’t expose himself to them given his investiture and risk.

Dominican Republic: Next elections to cost nearly RD$2.8B, Dominican Today (2010)

The cost to stage the May 16 elections is 1.2 billion pesos, and the money disbursed to the political parties for their campaigns, will be of 1.1 billion pesos.

As elections loom, Dominican senators still pocket slush fund, Dominican Today (2010)

Francisco Javier Garcia challenged the PRD’s senators to publicly desist from collecting the fund and not just criticize. “The PRD now wants to Satanize the so-called barrilito, something which was created with another hue during that political organization’s tenure when it controlled the Senate.”

Dominican Republic: Government official raises stink over Electoral judges’ “babble”, Dominican Today (2010)

The ruling PLD party delegate Cesar Pina, who is also the Presidency’s Chief of Staff, said the JCE’s judges “love to state their individual positions in the press,” for which he suggested they “shut off the microphones and solve with the criteria and good sense which the law gives them.”

Dominican Republic: Fernandez heads political rally with “pathologically corrupt” official, Dominican Today (2010)

"President Leonel Fernandez on Sunday headed a political rally with Héctor Rodriguez Pimentel, recently called “pathologically corrupt” by the Justice Ministry’s Anticorruption Department (DPCA) director Hotoniel Bonilla, for his numerous scandals in two government agencies."

Dominican Republic: Survey: ruling party candidates with clear leads over opposition, Dominican Today (2010)

"The pollster Penn, Schoen Berland (PSB) yesterday [April 26] disclosed a survey which gives the ruling party PLD a solid lead over the opposition PRD in the May 16 congressional and municipal elections, and projects that 60% of the voters will go to the ballot boxes, 3% more than in 2006."

Dominican parties can’t point to each other’s corruption, Vega says, Dominican Today (2010)

"The economic dependency of many voters, the opposition’s weakness and an improved economy are among the factors which would lead citizens to vote for the ruling PLD party in the next elections, despite the Government’s complicity in corruption, the rise in crime and drug trafficking."

Dominican Republic, OAS sign electoral observation agreement, Dominican Today (2010)

"The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Government of the Dominican Republic Friday signed an agreement on the work that the OAS Electoral Observation Mission will do for the general, congressional and municipal regular elections to be held on May 16, 2010."

Dominican Republic: Candidates vetted for first time, none have charges pending, Dominican Today (2010)

"For the first time in the country’s history the candidates to congressional and municipal posts were vetted by law enforcement agencies, for which the Electoral Board’s (JCE) Administrative Chamber revealed that none of them have cases pending in the courts."

Dominican Republic: Ruling party wins hands down, new poll says, Dominican Today (2010)

"According to a poll disclosed Wednesday [May 5] by the company Asisa Research Group the ruling PLD party and its allies will win at least 28 of the 32 Senate seats, 107 deputies and 109 mayors, in the May 16 elections."

Dominican Republic’s “No” vote drive grows, Dominican Today (2010)

"The group of youngsters which calls for the "vote for no one" in the next congressional and municipal elections published a calendar of activities for the electoral campaign’s home stretch and urged the citizens to support the initiative, aimed at sparking a change in is structure."

Dominican Republic: Electoral court, the OAS sign pact for observation of polls, Dominican Today (2010)

"The Central Electoral Board (JCE) and the Organization of American States (OAS) yesterday [May 6] signed an agreement for the observation in the May 16 congressional and municipal elections in which 50 delegates from different nations will participate."

Dominican Republic: Incidents mar a “most peaceful” campaign, Dominican Today (2010)

"Some incidents have marred the current electoral campaign’s home stretch, described by the Electoral Central Board as "the most peaceful" ever organized in the country."

Shooting unveils Dominican Government’s electoral corruption, Dominican Today (2010)

"Close relatives of the National Lottery’s administrator who are also candidates have greatly benefited from the ruling PLD party’s handouts of home appliances and other household items, as evidenced by the footage in last night’s program [May 10] of the investigative journalist Alicia Ortega aired on the channel Antena Latina."

Dominican Republic: Political campaign violence claims its first victims, Dominican Today (2010)

"Three people were injured yesterday [May 10] as gunfire broke out between supporters of the opposition PRD), and the ruling PLD parties in the beach town Guayacanes, when two motorcades of the political organizations crossed each other on the main street."

Dominican Republic’s corrupt politicos spur the ‘N’ vote, Dominican Today (2010)

"The heads of the grassroots movement Revuelta (Revolt) clarified Tuesday [May 11] that they aren’t calling on the citizens not to vote but instead to go to the polls and mark a ‘N’ for ninguno (none) in their ballot if the candidates don’t satisfy their expectations."

Dominican Republic: Electoral Board bans official handouts, donations prior to polls, Dominican Today (2010)

"The Electoral Board’s Administrative Chamber (JCE) ordered the City councils and the Government to halt social programs such as the handout of food rations, home appliances, construction equipment and other aid from May 14 to 17, aimed at promoting fairness among the political parties."

Dominican Republic Police mobilize for Sunday elections, Dominican Today (2010)

"The National Police will deploy more than 27,000 agents nationwide to guarantee public safety during Sunday’s elections, spokesman Nelson Rosario announced yesterday."

Dominican Republic: Dominican Republic elections by the numbers, Dominican Today (2010)

The Executive Branch declared tomorrow Saturday until noon Monday, May 17 non-work days nationwide via decree 264-10 issued by president Leonel Fernandez, and instructs all Government agencies to provide all the assistance necessary for the electoral process, to guarantee the citizens’ right to vote on Sunday.

Dominican Republic: Electoral Court bans guns, booze for 36 hours (Correct), Dominican Today (2010)

"The Central Electoral Board (JCE) warned the owners of colmados and other businesses that they risk temporary close by the Electoral Police agents if caught in the selling alcoholic beverages starting from 12 midnight Friday, the 14th to 6 p.m. Sunday the 16th."

Dominican Republic: Popularity of None candidate in Dominican elections grows, Dominican Today (2010)

“None is serious, vote for None”, “None complies, vote for None,”, “None is worth, vote for None” are the slogans with which its promoters hope to entice a segment of the population which rejects the candidates of the traditional parties and of the minority ones which serve as their remoras.

Dominican Republic: Politicking ends; media gag rule starts midnight, Dominican Today (2010)

"Electoral Board (JCE) president Julio Cesar Castaños today Friday warned that the entity will shutter media which don’t adhere to the ban on promoting candidates starting 12 midnight."

Dominican Republic: Ruling Party Sweeps Dominican Republic Elections Marred By Violence, Dominican Today (2010)

Dominican Republic’s ruling party, PLD, had won 30 of the country’s 32 senate seats in the congressional and municipal elections marked by isolated violence, whereas the opposition PRD was leading in one province and the PRSC in one, an unprecedented sweep in the nation’s democratic history, according to the Electoral Board’s (JCE) sixth bulletin issued early Monday.

Dominican Republic: Back to Google News Dominican legislative vote could boost president, Associated Press (2010)

Dominicans were expected to expand the ruling party's strong congressional majority in Sunday elections that could strengthen President Leonel Fernandez's grip over the legislature.

Dominican Republic:Dominican Republic’s ruling party sweeps elections marred by violence, Dominican Today (2010)

Dominican Republic’s ruling party, PLD, had won 30 of the country’s 32 senate seats in the congressional and municipal elections marked by isolated violence, whereas the opposition PRD was leading in one province and the PRSC in one, an unprecedented sweep in the nation’s democratic history, according to the Electoral Board’s (JCE) sixth bulletin issued early Monday.

Dominican Republic: Dominican legislative vote could boost president, Associated Press (2010)

Dominicans were expected to expand the ruling party's strong congressional majority in Sunday elections that could strengthen President Leonel Fernandez's grip over the legislature.

Dominican Republic: Last minute elections violence a “stain for democracy”, Dominican Today (2010)

"The Electoral Board’s (JCE) Administrative Chamber president Roberto Rosario reported 12 incidents with several people injured and more than 10 arrests in different parts of the country, which he said is a 'stain for democracy'."

Dominican Republic’s ruling party sweeps elections marred by violence, Dominican Today (2010)

"Dominican Republic’s ruling party, PLD, had won 30 of the country’s 32 senate seats in the congressional and municipal elections marked by isolated violence, whereas the opposition PRD was leading in one province and the PRSC in one, an unprecedented sweep in the nation’s democratic history, according to the Electoral Board’s (JCE) sixth bulletin issued early Monday."

Dominican Republic: Piglet politico says he won’t seek elected posts again, Dominican Today (2010)

"The current secretary of the scandal-ridden Dominican Municipal League (LMD) and who has previously allowed another leader of his party to occupy his Senate seat, said this time he’ll assume the position to represent his province."

Dominican Republic: Opposition party's leader led it to electoral slaughterhouse, Dominican Today (2010)

"Sunday’s electoral results confirmed what everybody had felt: That the errors of the opposition PRD party’s leadership, since the start of last year was leading the organization to the electoral slaughterhouse and which, although easily noticed, inexplicably allowed it."

Dominican Republic’s ruling party to win all but one Senate seats, Dominican Today (2010)

"Dominican Republic’s ruling PLD party has widened its lead to 31 provinces and the National District in the congressional and municipal elections, according to the Central Electoral Board’s (JCE) latest bulletin."

Dominican Republic: In stunning defeat, opposition leader says his party “advanced remarkably”, Dominican Today (2010)

The president of Dominican Republic’s major opposition party (PRD) said Tuesday [May 18] that it obtained a remarkable advance in last Sunday’s elections, despite the “altered” results by what he calls "the use and abuse of State funds" by the ruling PLD party.

Dominican Republic: Opposition party to challenge poll results in 12 provinces, Dominican Today (2010)

"The opposition PRD party doesn’t admit defeat and on Tuesday vowed to challenge Sunday’s elections at the Congressional level given the narrow margin and “weren’t clean” in 12 provinces, arguing that the ruling PLD party used Dominican taxpayers’ money to win half the Senate seats."

Dominican Republic: Santiago’s new Mayor wastes no time, wants outgoing opponent audited, Dominican Today (2010)

"Santiago mayor elect Gilberto Serulle said today [May 18] that on Thursday [May 20] he’ll ask the Accounts Chamber to audit the tenure of the incumbent Jose Enrique Sued."

Dominican Republic: Election Tracker, Angus Reid Global Monitor (2010)

"Voting took place on May 16. Initial reports stated that five people were killed and 13 wounded in clashes between PLP and PRD supporters. Turnout was tabled at 58 per cent, 1.5 points higher than in the 2006 ballot. According to preliminary official results released on May 17, the governing PLP secured 31 seats in the 32-member Senate. A PRSC candidate secured the remaining seat. The PRD was left out of the upper house for the first time since 1970. "

Dominican Republic: Votes for congressional posts still being counted, Dominican Today (2010)

JCE judge Jose Angel Aquino announced the data will be processed during the entire week to determine the preferential votes cast for each deputy candidate, but admitted it will take time. “It’s a slow process, those affidavits must be validated, there’s a miscount in the preferential vote.”

Dominican Republic: Electoral Court: We won’t “bow to pressure" of fraud claims, Dominican Today (2010)

"Electoral Board (JCE) president Julio Cesar Castaños warned Thursday that the organism won’t “bow to pressure" and cautioned that protests won’t solve any inconformity, and instead by complying with the legal procedures for filing any challenges."

Dominican Republic: Opposition party unexplainably scrubs presentation of alleged irregularities in polls, Dominican Today (2010)

"Although Dominican Republic’s major position party (PRD) had announced for today [May 20] a press conference where it said its candidates would present proof of alleged irregularities in Sunday’s elections, it suspended the activity without providing any explanation to the reporters who showed up."

Dominican Republic: After crippling defeat in polls, calls for opposition leader’s exit grow, Dominican Today (2010)

"Two senior leaders of the opposition PRD party on Thursday [May 20] joined the chorus of its members who challenge its president Miguel Vargas Maldonado’s ability to head the entity and be its candidate for the next presidential election."

Dominican Republic: Ex president Mejía to launch new presidential bid June 6, Dominican Today (2010)

Ex president Hipólito Mejía will launch his presidential bid on June 6, when he’ll seek the nomination in the opposition PRD party’s convention, said close aide Cesar Cedeño, coordinator of the tendency “Dominican Republic.”

Dominican Republic: “Elections court will speak only via sentences from now on,” top judge warns, Dominican Today (2010)

Electoral Board (JCE) president Julio Cesar Castaños on Monday announced that the time has come for its Arbitration Chamber and “from now on the elections court will speak only via sentences.”

Dominican Republic: Was there a plan to disrupt the election?, Dominican Today (2010)

"The president of the Contentious Chamber of the Central Electoral Board (JCE) Mariano Rodríguez, said yesterday that he didn’t think there was a plan to discredit the JCE judges, but that he believed there may have been one to undermine the electoral process."

Dominican Republic: Dominican Republic Police, businesses tell political parties to calm down, Dominican Today (2010)

"Faced with threats that political groups disgruntled with the results of last week’s elections plan actions of civil disobedience, the National Police yesterday affirmed it will guarantee public order and the citizen safety."

Dominican Republic media clampdown as opposition cries vote fraud, Dominican Today (2010)

"The Central Electoral Board (JCE) banned the political parties’ delegates from issuing statements to the press and to receive reporters in the Political Parties Salon, denounced the representatives of the minority PRSC, BISD and PQDC organizations, during the filing of a joint challenge to demand the right to a national deputy, each."

Miss Dominican Republic is now Ms Vice-Mayor, Dominican Today (2010)

"After becoming the first runner-up in the Miss Universe 2009 pageant Ada Aimée de la Cruz abdicated her crown as Dominican Republic’s beauty queen to throw her hat in the political ring, and now prepares to begin a six-year term as an elected official in her hometown Santo Domingo North."

Dominican opposition claims Electoral Board bias, Dominican Today (2010)

"Party officials claimed that the judge had hindered many of the complaints presented by the PRD following irregularities that they say were committed in favor of the PLD and the government."

Dominican Republic: Ex president Mejia’s presidential bid bolts from the starting gate, Dominican Today (2010)

"In addition to Mejía, Miguel Vargas, Luis Abinader, Eligio Jáquez, Ramon Alburquerque and Guido Gomez Mazara dispute the PRD’s presidential candidacy [in the 2012 elections]."

Dominican Republic: New legislators to be sworn in today, Dominican Today (2010)

"For the new extraordinary six-year term, for the period 16 August 2010 to 16 August 2016, 190 deputies and 32 senators will be sworn in today [August 16], following the fact that the Constitution was changed in order to unite the presidential and congressional election in the same year."

Dominican Republic’s ruling party tightens its grip on Congress, Dominican Today (2010)

"The PLD legislators hold 28 of the 32 Senate seats, with the other four won with candidates of the PRSC and other minority opposition party allies, which left the main opposition PRD without representation in that chamber."

People mired in scandals spearhead Dominican President’s reelection bid, Dominican Today (2010)

"Despite that several of the people at the heart of the preparations for president Leonel Fernandez’s reelection have been involved in serious scandals, their effort appears to have the support of the National Palace where the project is being defined, and from where the gatherings with leaders of allied political groups hatch a sweeping ad campaign."

Dominican Republic: Anti-corruption group says officials must prove what they say they have, Dominican Today (2010)

"The Dominican Alliance Against Corruption (Adocco) yesterday demanded that elected officials accompany their financial statements with the corresponding certification of their assets."

Dominican Republic: Cedulas don't have to be renewed until January, Dominican Today (2010)

"The Central Electoral Board (JCE) yesterday [August 18] extended the use of the identity card (Cedula) until January 3, after it had expired on July 31."

Financial problems affect Dominican opposition party, Dominican Today (2010)

"Financial problems made the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) postpone the final full session of the Jose Francisco Peña Gomez Congress, scheduled for this weekend."

Dominican Republic: Reinaldo Pared Perez is not leaving the PLD secretariat, Dominican Today (2010)

"Senate president Reinaldo Pared Perez tried to intercede for the PLD leaders that were outvoted for mayor's posts or congressional slots during the past electoral contest and have pressured the administration for appointments to government jobs."

Dominican Republic: JCE judges to be evaluated by Senate Commission, Dominican Today (2010)

"The Senate of the Republic named a special commission that will evaluate the new judges of the Central Electoral Board (JCE) and which will have Cristina Lizardo, the Senator for the Santo Domingo Province, as the head."

Dominicans can now vote abroad, Dominican Today (2011)

The Chamber of Deputies approved the vote by Dominicans abroad to elect the President, the Vice president and several deputies, turning the bill into law since it had already passed in the Senate.

Gallup taps favorites for Dominican Presidency, Dominican Today (2011)

"The pollster Gallup Dominicana on Wednesday [Feb. 23] disclosed their survey on the favorites to win the presidential candidacies of their respective parties, led by Danilo Medina of the ruling and liberal PLD."

Dominican Republic: Politics Leonel Fernández Eyes 3rd Term in Dominican Republic, Fox News Latino (2011)

Leonel Fernández, the popular two-term president of the Dominican Republic, hinted on Sunday that he would be open to standing for election to a third term of office.

Dom Rep president won't seek 4th term, Jamaica Observer (AP article), 2011

Despite petitions by his supporters to reform the constitution to allow him to run again, Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez announces he will not be seeking a fourth term.

Dominican Republic’s ruling party taps candidate, Dominican Today (2011)

Danilo Medina wins the ruling PLD party’s presidential candidacy for the 2012 election.

Dominican Republic First Lady to Be Vice Presidential Candidate in Upcoming Election, Hispanically Speaking (2011)

The ruling PLD party has proclaimed First Lady Margarita Cedeno de Fernandez as its vice presidential candidate for the next elections in 2012 when her husband’s term finishes.

Dominican Republic: Call to Reject Traditional Parties in Dominican Republic, Prensa Latina (2012)

The Country Alliance Party called to reject the traditional political organizations, which rule without taking into consideration the welfare of the majority and the problems in education, health, production, employment, security and corruption.

Dominican Republic: Electoral Campaign in Dominican Republic to Begin on February 15, Prensa Latina (2012)

The Central Election Board (JCE, in Spanish) in the Dominican Republic decided to declare the election campaign officially opened to the general poll from February 15 to May 20, the date of elections.

Dominican Republic: May 20 election test run went well, top official says, Dominican Today (2012)

"The Electoral Central Board (JCE) and the political parties said they’re satisfied with the results of yesterday’s First National Electoral Tabulation Test but noted that some inconveniences will have to be corrected prior to the May 20 election."

Dominican Republic: Registry of 6.5 million voters hits the presses, Dominican Today (2012)

"The Board Electoral Central yesterday (May 26th) began to print the Voter Registry, in the presence of a delegation of the Organization of American States (OAS) and delegates of the major political parties."

Dominican Republic's Danilo Medina declares election win, BBC News (2012)

Danilo Medina, a candidate in the 2012 presidential elections in the Dominican Republic has declared victory with a 51% majority. The result is contested by the opposition which has accused the government of buying votes and other forms of fraud.

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Dominican Republic: Paramilitary groups sought to destabilize elections, top official says, Dominican Today (2012)

Central Electoral Board (JCE) president Roberto Rosario yesterday revealed the presence of paramilitary groups in nearly all polling places on election day May 20, to usurp the legal authority and influence Dominican Republic’s election results.