The president of the Electoral Board of the Dominican Republic arrived in Peekskill and verified that his compatriots need support
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Peekskill
The president of the Electoral Board of the Dominican Republic, Román Andrés Jáquez Liranzo, arrived in the city of Peekskill on Sunday, March 19, in order to support the Mobile Operation, which was offered for two days so that Dominicans in this area can carry out their consular procedures and electoral registration.
During his speech, Jáquez Liranzo expressed the possibility of opening an Electoral College in Peekskill, in order to facilitate voting for the large number of Dominican citizens in this area of the Hudson Valley.
“We will be able to open an Electoral College here and one of the requirements is to have 300 to 400 registered Dominican citizens, so that they would no longer have to travel to the Albany electoral college, which is two hours away,” said the Electoral official. the JCE who was on a business trip to the United States. “I know that there are more than 1,200 Dominicans in this community and the idea is to facilitate service, bringing democracy closer to our compatriots.”
The official explained the importance of the political participation of Dominicans abroad, and recalled that those who have an identity card must register on the electoral roll before October of this year and those who do not have an identity card have until January 21, 2024 to process your document.
Pre-registration and voter registration
In September 2002, the Central Electoral Board began a logistical campaign of mobile operations having as its central hub in New York, the New York Central Electoral Office. In order to serve more people, extended hours have been established on Mondays, until 7 pm. and carrying out mobile operations, on weekends, in various concentration places such as in The Bronx, and in Peekskill, the official explained.
As part of its project for more Dominicans to be able to vote, in the coming weeks the JCE will carry out a pre-registration campaign.
“Then we will carry out a campaign of “Participate in the electoral colleges”, because we need abroad and get some 25,000 Dominicans around the world who are going to work in the elections. Each polling station has 5 workers. Then another campaign will start in January 2024, because it is useless that we have 1.1 million voters if only 15 or 20% of them vote. The motto will be “Vote for the homeland that you carry inside”. We have to work hard and with time”, said Jáquez Liranzo.
Posted on March 30, 2023
