The Dominican Republic is holding presidential elections that had already been delayed by the pandemic, even as the count of new infections continues to rise.
s that had already been delayed by the pandemic, and polls indicated that a businessman with no previous experience in government was favored to oust a party that has ruled for the past 16 years., was leading in most recent surveys, with the governing party's Gonzalo Castillo, a former public works minister, trailing. Former President Leonel Fernández, who served three previous terms, was also on the ballot, along with three minor parties.
Lines were long and many voters appeared to ignore physical distancing rules as they cast ballots for 32 senators and 190 members of the lower house of congress. Polls were to close at 5 p.m. local time but lines were seen at some polling stations as that hour passed. “I came out to vote becasue we have to get out of this in the first round,” said Aracelis Castillo after voting in the capital.
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