1. Junta Central Electoral (Central Electoral Board) Guranteeing Identity and Democracy Details of the Election Voting Process in the Dominican Republic

2. Junta Central Electoral Garantía de Identidad y Democracia Vote-Tallying In the Dominican Republic 1990 to 2016

3. Junta Central Electoral Garantía de Identidad y Democracia Election Vote-Tallying The process was carried out centralized by the JCE. The transmission of the results was carried out by fax from the Municipal Electoral Boards and the data from the tally sheets was digitalized only in the JCE. All the processing was carried out in a central IBM server, utilizing COBOL programming and file formats. The drawing up of a Voters’ List was carried out from the Electoral Registry, and only those citizens recorded had the right to vote. 1990 – Presidential, Congressional and Municipal Elections.

4. Junta Central Electoral Garantía de Identidad y Democracia Vote-Counting The process was de-centralized, different processing centers were placed in different municipalities. A (Telephone) Modem-based communication infrastructure was installed, enabling the transfer of encrypted files from the municipalities. The generation of municipal bulletins was established. The bulletin process continued with an IBM Central Server, and PC’s were placed in all the municipalities. The electoral voting list was drawn up on the basis of a new document called Electoral and Identification Card (Cédula) which unified both functions in a single document, thus allowing all citizens carrying the ID Card (Cédula) to be automatically registered in the electoral voting list. 1994 – Presidential, Congressional and Municipal Elections.

5. Junta Central Electoral Garantía de Identidad y Democracia Vote-Counting In the year 1996, the Presidential elections were separated from the Congressional and Municipal elections; for the first time elections were held where only the President and Vice-President of the Republic were elected. Also for the first time, the system of a second run-off election was incorporated, when no party exceeded 50% plus one of the votes cast. No new elements in the technological processes were incorporated in these elections, the same technology as the 1994 elections was utilized. 1996 – Presidential Elections (First Round and Run-Off)

6. Junta Central Electoral Garantía de Identidad y Democracia Vote-Counting In this electoral process, for the first time, Congressional and Municipal elections were held separately from Presidential elections. There were no significant changes in the election system structures, the same technology from previous processes was utilized. 1998 – Congressional and Municipal Elections.

7. Junta Central Electoral Garantía de Identidad y Democracia Vote-Counting Utilization of the Modem was substituted for a national digital data network, which allowed an increase in the speed of communicaiton and greater control of data. New programs were developed, with the incororation of relational data bases. A voting list in color photograph format was prepared, allowing citizens to be validated by their photos at the different voting stations. The voting list was prepared with the new identification document (Electoral and Identification Card – “Cédula”), begun in the year 2008. 2000 – Presidential Elections 2000 – Presidential Elections

8. Junta Central Electoral Garantía de Identidad y Democracia Vote-Counting The Preferential Vote modality was included, for choosing candidates for Congress. Automation of the process for the automatic generation of ballots via the creation of a data base of candidates. Creation of the program for the control of Electoral Pouches. 2002 – Congressional and Municipal Elections

9. Junta Central Electoral Garantía de Identidad y Democracia Vote-Counting For the first time, the utilization of scanners in the municipal electoral boards was incorporated. The digitalization process was improved via the utilization of ICR (Intellgent Character Recognition) technology and anonymous data entry. The system of manual plastification of the voting records was integrated. A security key was added, for the approval of the processes by the secretary of the Municipal Electoral Board. For the first time, the Vote of Dominicans Abroad was utilized, for which VPN communication technologies were incorporated for the transmission of the results from the different countries in which elections were held. 2004 – Presidential Elections

10. Junta Central Electoral Garantía de Identidad y Democracia Vote-Counting The 2006 electoral process did not make use of the application of new technologies, but did allow for the strengthening and improvement of those utilized until that time, expanding the points of digital communication, improving the scanning and character recognition practices. 2006 – Congressional and Municipal Elections.

11. Junta Central Electoral Garantía de Identidad y Democracia Vote-Counting Use of Scanning and Transmission (Escaneo y Transmisión - EyT) units from the Precincts. Communication by Cell Phones (wireless). Delivery of images to the Vote-Counting centers of the parties. 2008 – Presidential Elections

12. Junta Central Electoral Garantía de Identidad y Democracia Vote-Counting Increase in the number of Scanning and Transmission (Escaneo y Transmisión - EyT) units Choosing the Municipal District positions (Director and Members) Creation of a computer program for the registration of alliance agreements and filing candidacies. 2010 – Congressional and Municipal Elections

13. Junta Central Electoral Garantía de Identidad y Democracia Vote-Counting Increase in the number of EyT units. Choosing the Muncipal District positions (Director and Members) Creation of a program for the registraiton of alliance agreements and the filing of candidacies. 2012 – Presidential Elections

14. Junta Central Electoral Garantía de Identidad y Democracia Situations Occuring 2002 - 2012 In the 2002 electoral process, situations and accusations occurred, related to the manipulation of the results recorded in some voting tally sheets, which reflected differences from the real results. At that time, the results were digitized, validated and examined on the basis of the physical tally sheet and this was exposed to being subject to manipulation at any one of those stages. In the year 2004, scanning was implemented of the electoral results from the municipal electoral boards, the processing of which would be carried out via the digitalized tally sheets. In the year 2008 voting centers were included, with the purpose of immediately receiving the electoral results and to render the process even more transparent.

15. Junta Central Electoral Garantía de Identidad y Democracia System of Vote-Counting and Transmission of Results from the Voting Stations 2008 – 2012

16. Junta Central Electoral Garantía de Identidad y Democracia Characteristics of the Vote-Counting Processing based on digitalized images. Scanning of the tally sheets from the voting precincts or collation centers. Intelligent Character Recognition Process for the images of the tally sheets. Anonymous data entry of the results. Immediate distribution of the images of the tally sheets and electoral results to the computer centers of the political parties.

17. Junta Central Electoral Garantía de Identidad y Democracia Advantages : 1.Electronic transmission of the results to the processing centers. 2.Real time availability to the political parties of the images of the tally sheets. 3.Delivery of hard copy verification of the transmission of the tally sheets. Security: 1.Encryption of the images in transit. 2.Physical security keys for verification and confirmation of the images. 3.Electronic confirmation and verification of the total sending of the tally sheets from all the voting stations of the precinct (closing of the precinct). Units for the Scanning and Transmission (Escaneo y Transmisión - EyT) of Results

18. Junta Central Electoral Garantía de Identidad y Democracia It ensures and re-ensures a reliable copy of the voting results. It provides a digital back-up which allows the digitalization and consultation of the results without manipulating the original tally sheet. It allows the delivery of the images to the parties and the communication media, rendering the results more transparent for all the actors of the process. It eliminates the travel time from the electoral stations to the distant collation centers. It ensures and re-ensures a reliable copy of the voting results. It provides a digital back-up which allows the digitalization and consultation of the results without manipulating the original tally sheet. It allows the delivery of the images to the parties and the communication media, rendering the results more transparent for all the actors of the process. It eliminates the travel time from the electoral stations to the distant collation centers. Advantages of the Scanning of the tally sheets from the voting stations

19. Junta Central Electoral Garantía de Identidad y Democracia 19 Diagram of the Processing of Results EyT Units in the Voting Centers Verifiers Publication of Results EyT Units in the Voting Centers Verifiers Publication of Results ICR of Values Consolidation Political Parties Communication Media ICR of Values Consolidation Political Parties Communication Media Collation Centers (Anonymous Data Entry) of Results Internet Giant Screens Collation Centers (Anonymous Data Entry) of Results Internet Giant Screens

20. Junta Central Electoral Garantía de Identidad y Democracia 7 7 25 12 1 3 Tally Sheet Image ICR Process Character Recognition Process (ICR) The ICR process allows making a first automated digitalization of the results recorded in the tally sheet. The main advangages are: Decrease in the process of digitalization or verification of values. Security in the results upon utilizing an automated element for the process of digitalization. Elimination of data entry errors.

21. Junta Central Electoral Garantía de Identidad y Democracia Anonymous Data Entry of Results Anonymous data entry allows processing of the values of the voting tally sheet without the possibility of identifying the party, candidate or level of election that is being processed. This allows guaranteeing greater reliability of the results, since it reduces the risk of manipulation of the data by the data entry person.

22. Junta Central Electoral Garantía de Identidad y Democracia Voting StationsPrecinctsVoters National Total4,21514,4706,502,968 EyT Units1,2709,1734,342,025 Percentage30.13%63.39%66.76% Coverage of Use of the EyT Units Vote-Counting 2012 – Presidential Elections

23. Junta Central Electoral Garantía de Identidad y Democracia Progress in Transfer of Images 2012 Elections

24. Junta Central Electoral Garantía de Identidad y Democracia Horizontal Cooperation TSE – EL SALVADOR - Consulting and delivery of source programs of the JCE system. TSE – GUATEMALA - Loan of 1,500 scanners and software for scanners and the transmission of images. - Implementation of ICR for auditing purposes. CNE – ECUADOR - Loan of 1,500 Scanning and Transmission Units - Implementation of the Quick Count process. TSJE - PARAGUAY - Implementation of ICR and assistance in TREP processing.

25. Junta Central Electoral Garantía de Identidad y Democracia Elections 2016

26. Junta Central Electoral Garantía de Identidad y Democracia Characteristcs of the 2016 Vote-Counting 1.Utilization of Units for registering those voting, where the fingerprints of the citizens are verified for the validation of the voters’ list. 2.Automated count in the electoral voting stations. 3.Scanning of the Voting tally sheets in the voting stations. 4.Immediate transmission of the electoral results of each Electoral Voting Station. 5.Generation of bulletins in the Municipal Electoral Boards. 6.Transmission of the results to the Political Parties.

27. Junta Central Electoral Garantía de Identidad y Democracia Equipment to install in each Voting Station 1.- Device for the Registration of Those Voting (Dispositivo para el Registro de Concurrentes - DRC) 2.- Automated Vote Counting Units (Unidades de Conteo de Votos Automatizado - CVA) 3.- Printer of the Voting Result tally sheets In the 2016 elections, equipment will be installed to allow for automating the processes to be carried out by the members of the station.

28. Junta Central Electoral Garantía de Identidad y Democracia Devices for the Registration of Those Voting ( Dispositivos para el Registro de Concurrentes - DRC) Each voting station will have a unit for the verification of fingerprints, which will allow for the expeditious verification of the data of the citizen in the voting list. Devices for the Registration of Those Voting (Dispositivos Registro de Concurrentes - DRC) 7’’ 1200 x 800 touch screen. S. O. Android 4.4 ARM QuadCore 1.8ghz processor FIB fingerprint reader Internal battery with 12 hours of duration 16GB internal memory MicroSD external memory USB External modem USB 2.0 Ports QR and bar code readers for ID cards (cédulas). Approximate weight 2.5 lbs.

29. Junta Central Electoral Garantía de Identidad y Democracia Principal advantages for the use of the Concurrent Recording Devices (Dispositivos de Registro de Concurrentes - DRC) Confirmation of the identity of the citizen with the verification of the fingerprint. Verification of the data of the citizen in digital form, including the photo. For voters who do not belong to the voting station, consultation as to the place corresponding to them in the municipality. Generation and transmission of the voter list of those going to the voting station to finalize the voting. Periodic information on those who vote.

30. Junta Central Electoral Garantía de Identidad y Democracia Automated Vote Count (Conteo de Votos Automatizado - CVA) After the closing of the polls, the count of the ballots will take place in the voting stations via the process of Automated Tallying. The principal features of this process are: Recognition and assignment of the votes of the election ballots. Adapted to the Dominican electoral system. Printing the Voting Tally Sheets. Automatic transmission of the results. Energy back-up battery. Scanning and transmission of the voting tally sheets after they are signed.

31. Junta Central Electoral Garantía de Identidad y Democracia Technical Features of the Automated Vote Counting Conteo de Votos Automatizado (CVA) Units 8’’ 1200 x 800 LCD touch screen Embedded Windows 8.1 Atom Quadcore 2.0 ghz Processor 20 ppm scanning speed 200 or 300 dpi duplex 16GB internal memory USB 2.0 port Internal battery with 4 hours of duration

32. Junta Central Electoral Garantía de Identidad y Democracia General Flow of the Electoral Process 12345 Results of the Receiving Servers Results of the Electoral Boards Results in Consolidation National Publication Results Voting Station Voting Stations in JCE Voting Stations 1. Receipt of Results Results JCE Results Political Parties 2. Generation of Municipal Bulletins Communication Media Internet Giant Screens 1.The Automated Vote Counting (Conteo de Votos Automatizados - CVA) equipment installed in the voting stations will transmit the results of the count of the ballots and the scanning of the signed tally sheets to the JCE. 2.The servers located in the JCE receive the information from the CVA of each voting station, for their distribution to the Electoral Boards (Juntas Electorales - JE). 3.In the JE of each municipality, the results and the images will be received, which will be included in a municipal bulleting. In the case of contingency, all the results of the voting stations which may be physically received in the municipalities, will be scanned and digitized in the locality and subsequently included in the bulletin. 4.The municipal bulletins will be consolidated in the JCE for their publication. 5.All the information received in the JCE will be published in the communication media and transmitted to the Political Parties.

33. Junta Central Electoral Garantía de Identidad y Democracia Thank You Very Much…