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Workers of the Hotel Bahia Principe, far from polling centers, can cast their ballots.
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SANTO DOMINGO.- The country’s tourist resorts will make it easier for their personnel to go to the ballot boxes on Friday.

Employees who vote in localities far from their work places will have a more flexible schedule, said Hotels and Restaurants Association (Asonahores) executive vicepresident Arturo Villanueva. "They’ll receive facilities. That’s an inalienable right of the worker, to be able to vote."

He said if interested, each employee will coordinate their temporary absence with their area manager. "Turns will be organized so the work in the hotel isn’t detained."

Villanueva asked politicians and the population to behave in a civilized manner on elections day, so the productive work immediately recovers its normality. "the country has advanced much, this is a mature democracy."

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Written by: gouletcolonial This user is banned, 12 May 2008 8:13 AM
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
vote early and often
Written by: gouletcolonial This user is banned, 12 May 2008 8:15 AM
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
these people will vote PLD en masse no doubt.....they dont think the same as the outside lefties and socialists that these are lousy valueless jobs....... they are glad to be working
Written by: josean, 12 May 2008 9:57 AM
From: United States
Or in your case post early and post often!
Written by: gouletcolonial This user is banned, 12 May 2008 10:07 AM
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
gotcha
Written by: BLANCO, 12 May 2008 11:18 AM
From: Dominican Republic
this is an example of something that needs to be addressed. why can't a person vote wher he lives...not where he was born or went to school????? this is how mary andjoseph ended up in bethlehem....
Written by: malva70997, 13 May 2008 1:13 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Blanco, you can vote where you live as long as you register your new address with the Junta Central Electoral previously and they change you to a new voting place. Most people don't bother to notify the JCE of change of address and that's why they end up traveling to vote. My mother was born in Barahona but she votes in Santo Domingo because that's the address she has on record.
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