[NYTr] More than 8 Million Cubans Cast their Vote at Municipal Elections
 
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:54:47 -0500 (CDT)

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More than 8 Million Cubans Cast their Vote at Municipal Elections

Havana, Oct 23 (acn) Over 8,174 350 Cubans voted in last Sunday's
elections to choose delegates to municipal government assemblies, a 
figure that represents 95.44 percent of all eligible voters, according 
to preliminary information released by the National Electoral 
Commission (CEN).

During a press conference on Monday, CEN president Maria Esther Reuz 
said that preliminary figures may increase, since a second round of 
vote is scheduled for next Sunday in some 2,971 districts where none of 
the candidates reached the stipulated amount of votes. As a result 
12,265 delegates were elected, out of which 3,288 are women (26.81 
percent); 2,053 are young people (16.74 percent); while 5,776 were 
re-elected. Reuz, who is also Cuba's Minister of Justice, described the 
Cuban electoral process as a massive event due the population's active,
enthusiastic and disciplined participation.

The minister said final results of the first round will be available 
over the next 72 hours, after all statistics are concluded. In reply to 
questions by reporters, Maria Esther Reuz recalled that one third of 
the candidates are not members of the Cuban Communist Party, since 
being a party member is not a requirement to be nominated, but to have 
the merits and capacity to meet the responsibility. Reuz said that the 
dates for the election of provincial assemblies and the deputies to the 
Cuban parliament will be announced in due course. 

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