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Municipal elections were held in the Dominican Republic on February 16, 2020, to elect all local governments officials in the country, including mayors, deputy mayors, aldermen, directors, deputy directors, and voices in municipalities.[1] However, due to countless electoral polling places reporting problems with the electronic voting system within the first few hours of opening the polls, the Central Electoral Board (Spanish: Junta Central Electoral, JCE) decided to suspend the elections.[2][3][4][5] The elections were rescheduled to March 15, 2020.[6][7][8][9]
These would have been the second municipal elections to be held solely and apart from any other electoral process in the country's history and the first since 1968.[10][11][12] It is the first time in the country's voting history that elections have been suspended.[4][13][14]
After the suspension of the elections, various acts of violence in the province of Santo Domingo took place that left at least two dead and several injured; additionally another person died before the suspension of the election, that is, during the voting.[15]
In the hours following the suspension and for several days after February 16, thousands of Dominicans took to the streets to demand the resignation of the Central Electoral Board.[3][13][16]
Initially concentrated at The Flag Square, a monument dedicated to the Dominican flag which is located across the street from the main site of the Central Electoral Board in Santo Domingo de Guzmán, the protests have since extended to other locations across the country, and in cities around the world, led by the Dominican diaspora.[16][17][18]
^"JCE fija para febrero y mayo 2020 elecciones congresuales-municipales y presidenciales" (in European Spanish). CDN. September 18, 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
^"Software Glitches Force Dominican Republic to Suspend Vote". The New York Times. February 16, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
^ ab"Protests continue in the Dominican Republic amid e-vote scandal". The Miami Herald. February 19, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
^ ab"Dominican Republic poll halted after electronic glitch". BBC News. February 21, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
^"Electronic glitch triggers Dominican Republic vote suspension". Reuters. February 16, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
^"Elecciones municipales se celebrarán el 15 de marzo" (in European Spanish). Diario Libre. February 17, 2020. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
^"Serán 8.2 millones de boletas que se imprimirán para las elecciones del 15 de marzo" (in European Spanish). Diario Libre. February 21, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
^"Estas son las características que tendrá la nueva boleta para las elecciones del 15 de marzo" (in European Spanish). Diario Libre. February 21, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
^"Voto será manual en elecciones del 15 de marzo próximo" (in European Spanish). Listin Diario. February 18, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
^"Elecciones de 2020 son un reto para la JCE" (in European Spanish). El Día. August 2, 2017. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
^"Partidos conforman boletas municipales y JCE iniciará trabajos para el montaje elecciones" (in European Spanish). Listin Diario. December 7, 2019. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
^"La JCE y el reto de unas municipales separadas desde 1968" (in European Spanish). el Caribe. February 3, 2020. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
^ ab"Aimée Mazara is the Artist Behind the 'What's Happening in Dominican Republic?' Illustration". Hip Latina. February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
^"JCE suspende las elecciones ante fracaso del voto automatizado" (in European Spanish). Listin Diario. February 16, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
^"Policía Nacional asegura tener total control pese a hechos violentos ocurridos tras suspensión de elecciones" (in European Spanish). Diario Libre. February 16, 2020. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
^ ab"Here's Why Hundreds of Protesters Are Taking To The Streets in the Dominican Republic". Remezcla. February 19, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
^"EN VIVO: Sigue la protesta en la Plaza de la Bandera por fracaso de elecciones" (in European Spanish). Listin Diario. February 21, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
^"Convocan protesta en Nueva York y Massachusetts para exigir renuncia del pleno de la JCE" (in European Spanish). Diario Libre. February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
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