Election Day 2020 Dominican Republic

Here in the dominican republic where i have lived my entire life and am currently quarantining the atmosphere hours before the election feels desperate at best.

Election day 2020 dominican republic. They are the second elections since 1994 in which all positions will be elected simultaneously and the first in dominican history in which all authorities will be elected simultaneously and directly. They had originally been planned for 17 may but were postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The dominican republic s 2020 pandemic elections by paola nagovitch opposition candidate luis abinader won the presidency in the country s july 5 elections latin america s first general elections since the arrival of covid 19.

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. 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 decided to suspend the elections. The americas jul 8th 2020 edition f or a while the dominican republic seemed doomed to a year of electoral chaos.

The dominican republic is one of the worst affected countries in the caribbean with more than 37 000 confirmed cases and almost 800 deaths according to a tally by johns hopkins university. The elections were rescheduled to march 15 2020. Even across the world people are anxious to know what lies ahead for the united states and how it will affect them for the next four years.

Local elections in february were cancelled halfway through polling day because new. Dominican ministry of foreign affairs welcomed the announcement of amir h h sheikh tamim bin hamad al thani to hold elections for the shura council in october next year. Dominican opposition declares victory in coronavirus hit election.

With 60 percent of votes counted opposition candidate luis abinader claims win in presidential poll held amid pandemic.