Supreme Court of the Dominican Republic general administrative supervision over all courts of the Republic, except the Superior Electoral Court, and the Constitutional Court. It is headquartered in Santo Domingo, capital of the Republic, in the Palace of the Supreme Court in the center of the heroes, adjacent to the National Congress. The oldest higher-level court in Dominican history recording is the Royal Audiencia of Santo Domingo, founded in 1511 and composed of a Chairman and three Auditors (Judges). Acting as a court of appeal, except in the so-called "Casos de Cortes" in which litigated the Spanish Crown, then constituted in the first instance and then
Elections in the Dominican Republic the Armed Forces and National Police, and ban all people who have lost or have suspended his citizen rights, like convicted criminals or accused of treason from voting for a fixed period of time or indefinitely. The number of Dominican adults who will be eligible to vote in 2016 elections are projected to be 7.2 million. Different to what happen in others countries, voter registration in Dominican Republic is automatic and based on a database of the Civil Registry in charge of the JCE and resident foreigners possessing a (Cédula de Identidad y Electoral) "Identity and Electoral Document" (The Dominican