sentences:  Just under 66,000 voters were registered to vote in the election at 249 polling stations spread over the 21 constituencies.Major elections issues included an International Monetary Fund austerity economic plan for Dominica and the Dominica Labour Party government's decision to switch recognition from the Republic of China (Taiwan) to the People's Republic of China.On the Monday before the election, there was an incident when motorcades for the two main parties collided with each other.