Dominican Republic poll halted after electronic glitch
Half of the electronic devices used in the nationwide poll did not work properly causing virtual ballot papers not to load properly, the head of the electoral body said.
Electoral officials are investigating the cause of the glitch. A new date for the election has not yet been set.
It is the first time that municipal elections have been suspended.
More than seven million voters were eligible to cast their ballot in the election to choose candidates for almost almost 4,000 posts in 158 municipalities.
Long queues formed outside the polling stations as the ballots failed to load.
At: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-51530211
Dominicans protest outside the offices of the nation's electoral board.
Electronic voting and/or tabulation has been tested in numerous Latin American countries since Venezuela's Smartmatic emerged in the early 2000s - leading to cancelled elections and disputed results in most cases.
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The owner should also receive the Medal of Freedom. 
No doubt we can count on that system to do it again, unfortunately.
