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• Politics and Government
• 10 / 11 / 2007

National Electoral Commission President María Esther Reus said the municipal, which will begin at 7:00a.m., is expected to review coordination among elements in the process, ensuring the usual transparency and democratic spirit of elections in Cuban society.

Training for the people involved will be provided that day via national television, allowing the general public to also become familiar with the process. Voters cannot vote for more than one candidate in every constituency.

The president of the National Electoral Commission explained that a second round of elections will be held on October 28 at polling stations where none of the candidates get 50 percent or more of the votes.

Commission Vice President Rubén Pérez said an interesting element about the upcoming municipal elections is that 320,000 young people will be exercising their right to vote for the first time.

Source: By Mayte María Jiménez, Juventud Rebelde