Central Electoral Board

Central Electoral Board
Junta Central Electoral
JCE
Logo of the JCE
Agency overview
FormedApril 12, 1923
HeadquartersFlag Square, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
MottoCommitted to the truth
(Comprometidos con la verdad)
Employees7.400 (2022)
Annual budgetRD$ 5,511,291,957 (2022)
Ministers responsible
  • Román Andrés Jáquez Liranzo, President
  • Rafael Armando Vallejo Santelises, Vice President
  • Dolores Altagracia Fernández Sánchez, General Secretary
Key document
Flag of the Central Electoral Board

The Central Electoral Board (Spanish: Junta Central Electoral, JCE) of the Dominican Republic is a special body of the government of the Dominican Republic responsible for ensuring a democratic and impartial electoral process, and also administer the civil registry, the marital status of all Dominican citizens. It was created in the year 1923 as part of the negotiations to end the first US intervention, and currently its functions are to organize the presidential, congress and of overseas deputies held on the third Sunday of May of each leap year, and municipal elections held on the third Sunday of February of each leap year.[1]

  1. ^ "Elections in the Dominican Republic" (PDF). International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-31. Retrieved 2015-01-18.