MICHAEL HOLMES, WORLD NEWS: The three candidates in the Dominican Republic's presidential election have wrapped up their campaigns. Tuesday, voters will decide who leads the country and its fast-growing economy. Harris Whitbeck has that.</s>HARRIS WHITBECK, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Electoral authorities finished preparing the ballot boxes for Tuesday's general elections. Voting centers were readied for the country's 4.3 million voters. "Everything is under control," said the president of one Santo Domingo voting district. According to tradition, women will vote in the morning, men in the afternoon. The three main candidates wrapped up their campaigns over the weekend. None of them seemed interested in changing the fundamentals of the economy, which is growing at a rate of nearly 8 percent, the highest in Latin America. (on camera): Voters will be able to choose between three political platforms that are basically the same. That, according to international observers, is a good sign that the Dominican political system is maturing. (voice-over): The days in which political differences meant instabilities seem to be over.</s>SANTIAGO MURRAY, INTERNATIONAL OBSERVER: I think the Dominican Republic is an example of how the democracies are growing. A few years back, you could say that you have here the emerging democracy. That's not the case now.</s>WHITBECK: If anything is at stake in this election, it is the attention focused on the agricultural sector of the economy. Farmers say they have not benefited from a modernization plan pushed by current president Leonel Fernandez that has resulted in a boom in the telecommunications industry. The candidate who leads in opinion polls, Hipolito Mejia, agrees agriculture shouldn't be forgotten. His opponents, 94-year-old former president Joaquin Balaguer and official party candidate Danilo Medina, prefer to concentrate on the promotion of high-tech industry. The voters will end up with the final word. Harris Whitbeck, CNN, Santo Domingo.
Dominican Republic's Upcoming Presidential Election