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October 7th Last Day To Renew Cedula For
2010 Presidential Elections
The official start of
the 2010 presidential campaign begins in a
couple of days, as candidates ready for the
start of what could be an historic campaign
ending with the first ever woman president.
Costa Ricans are getting ready also,
updating and obtaining their cedulas in time
for the vote on February 7th.
The Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (TSE)
informs that they are processing up to 3.000
cedula applications daily to beat the cut
off date for elections registration.
Francisco Zúñiga, head of the "departamento
de cédulas"departamento de cédulas" says
that many Costa Ricans are facing renewal of
their cedula that issued by the new system
in 1998 and are now expired.
The TSE reports that an average of 250 first
time cedular applications are received
daily, while another 175 submit a transfer
of voting district.
The TSE is located diagonal to the
Legislative building in downtwon San José
and is open from 8am to 4pm weekdays.
Zúñiga explains that it takes the TSE some
eight days to hand over the new cedula and
that the average wait time to apply is now
about 30 minutes.
Anyone who has not renewed their cedula by
October 7 will not be allowed to vote come
election day.
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