The Electoral Commission of Dominica has announced that it now has at its disposal $6,130,350 to fund the necessary infrastructure for the introduction of identification cards, the effective verification of the identity of voters and the sanitation of the list of electors.
The funds were requested by the Commission and the government has recently approved it.
According to Dominica News Online, the funds will go towards the purchase of equipment and the hiring and training of personnel for the implementation of the identification card system, as well as the provision of other equipment and staff necessary to aid the process.
The matter of ID cards for elections has been a long-running contention between the government and opposition parties in Dominica.
