PVE countdown begins

posted on: Jan 17 2012 8:5 by RDugey. Viewed 21 times.

Before the proximity of 20 May of this year, when the country will endeavor to choose a new President of the Republic and the deputies of overseas representing the Dominicans living abroad in the National Congress, the Central Electoral Board faces the great challenge that the Organization of the elections process completed painlessly and with the greatest possible transparency.

In compliance with the constitutional provisions which order the holding of presidential elections and legislators from overseas, the JCE has the responsibility to organize an event that corresponds with the solemnity that characterizes him, framed within a vision of strategic planning which governed the records of the Agency.

For this purpose, at the beginning of 2011, the maximum electoral tribunal designed a schedule administrative and legal terms, which contains, with established dates, each of the steps and activities u000aaimed at the Organization and Assembly of the process until you reach 20 May this year when it ends the same.

To this date, January 2012, the JCE has complied with the deadlines, by which already closed in the country electoral, purposes and external identification services that process will be completed tomorrow.

Result of the work of monitoring and implementation of the Electoral calendar, during the 2011 the JCE opened 70 per cent of the generic material to be used in the elections, including ink, paper, pads, pens, and others.

Similarly, defined and initiated the tests of the Electoral calculation, therefore regards this aspect is installed and in the phase of testing.

Also it gave all parties a list with the names of citizens who voted in the elections of 2010, created more than 200 polling stations and adopted more than 80% of the regulations and resolutions with a view to the u000aprocess.

Outside the Agency carried out a campaign of motivation for the purpose of registration and selected and was sworn-in 155 electoral and boards municipal throughout the country, that it made operating mobile in all cities.

In compliance with the deadlines set in the calendar of organization of the elections, the JCE has also attracted double the required number of staff to work at polling stations, some 150 thousand, and of that amount already 80 thousand have been workshops and training courses, of which about 72 thousand have obtained qualifications allowing them to be considered to be part of the polling stations. There will be a selection of the qualified random.

Agency appointed the personal instructor at the national level, it deposited with the National Congress the draft laws of party and amendment to the Electoral law, he defined computing Electoral programme, u000aintroducing improvements, and concluded the closure of the preliminary census.

Also in 2011 the JCE extended invitations to international agencies for the purpose of observation of the process, some of which, such as the OAS, already confirmed their participation.

Were also during 2011 performed the first and second internal testing of the Electoral computer and became an appraisal of the implementation of the timetable with political parties.

Comparing the work undertaken with the designed timetable, to December 30 2011 had executed 54 per cent of the activities planned for the elections.

31 May
this date is the deadline to ensure that political parties submit appeals to the Superior Electoral Tribunal on decisions of the electoral boards, on the results of the elections of May 20.

20 February
on February 20 is the deadline for issuing the proclamation of u000athe campaign leaving open the process. The Electoral law provides that it should be made 90 days before the elections. Previously on February 16 and may 16 elections.

March 21 March
in 21 Parties must submit and register their candidates and deposit its budget of election campaign, i.e., income and expenditure which are scheduled throughout the process, which must oversee the JCE.

EL PADRÓN ELECTORAL
December 20, 2011, the Electoral Roll had a total of 6,487,625 registered citizens, and is planned to conclude with a total of 6,513,031 voters.

Would Vote abroad
Thursday when completed the registration of Dominicans abroad amount to more than 311,515 the registered during that process out of the country.

Both the Constitution and Electoral law 275 - 97 set legal deadlines that must be met in the dates u000aset out in the remainder of the calendar election.

Time limits and dates law of elections
between these dates pending listed for January 21 the definitive closure of the preliminary list of voters abroad (article 9 law 275 - 97). March 6 is the date limit for deposit in the JCE alliances and coalitions from the parties (article 62 Electoral Law).

On March 11 the JCE will decide on mergers and alliances requested by the parties (articles 62 of the law 275 - 97) the 21 of March is the deadline for the JCE communicated to the parties the resolution on mergers and alliances.

According to article 71 of the Electoral law, on 22 March, 59 days before the election, the JCE shall publish the names of the final candidates of different parties participating in the elections. On 20 April the JCE will choose locals will work where the polling stations and u000aIt will be a publication in the media of the same location.
On May 5 will be appointed the members of the polling stations, 12 will receive credentials, 15 will be published on the ballot in the media, 16 delivers the electoral materials and 18 closes the election campaign.

El 20 are presidential and elections from overseas, according to article 209 of the Constitution.