{"id":524205,"date":"2026-09-25T14:27:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T18:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/consul-suggests-the-jce-identify-weaknesses-to-increase-votes-from-dominicans-abroad\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T14:27:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T18:27:01","slug":"consul-suggests-the-jce-identify-weaknesses-to-increase-votes-from-dominicans-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/new-york\/consul-suggests-the-jce-identify-weaknesses-to-increase-votes-from-dominicans-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Consul suggests the JCE identify weaknesses to increase votes from Dominicans abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NEW YORK.\u2013<\/strong> The Dominican consul in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/usa.mirex.gob.do\/consular\/new-york\/consul-general\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/usa.mirex.gob.do\/consular\/new-york\/consul-general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York, J<\/a>es\u00fas V\u00e1squez Mart\u00ednez, <\/strong>suggested that the <strong>Central Electoral Board (JCE) <\/strong>identify the weaknesses affecting the participation of Dominicans abroad, instead of proposing the elimination of the vote due to abstention levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>V\u00e1squez Mart\u00ednez <\/strong>considered it necessary to review the conditions under which the electoral process is carried out abroad and to determine what is causing a portion of the diaspora not to go to the polls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/internacionales\/nueva-york-y-nueva-jersey\/jce-brooklyn-oficina-dominicanos\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"715902\">JCE will have a permanent office in Brooklyn to serve Dominicans<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The official stated that, once those difficulties are identified, solutions must be sought to facilitate and motivate the participation of Dominicans residing abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His position joins that of overseas deputy Cirilo Moronta, who described eliminating the overseas vote as <strong>\u201cmadness\u201d<\/strong> and maintained that abstention also exists in the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both approaches arise following the proposal by political scientist Rosario Espinal to eliminate the overseas vote due to the level of abstention recorded among Dominicans living outside the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK.\u2013 The Dominican consul in New York, Jes\u00fas V\u00e1squez Mart\u00ednez, suggested that the Central Electoral Board (JCE) identify the weaknesses affecting the participation of Dominicans abroad, instead of proposing the elimination of the vote due to abstention levels. 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