2023-10-22 11:44:50
A total of 435,556 Argentines residing abroad are authorized to vote today in lhe 2023 presidential elections. They will be able to do so at more than 300 tables that will be installed in 141 Argentine diplomatic representations abroad, including embassies and consulates, according to data from the National Electoral Chamber (CNE).
In the cases of Ukraine and Israel, the national government decided last Tuesday to suspend the general elections due to the wars they are going through. 152 people had registered in Ukrainian territory and 14,201 in Israel.
The vote that is carried out from abroad It is not mandatory, but voluntaryand it is not necessary to justify not casting a vote, unlike those who reside in the national territory.
Argentines residing abroad are authorized to cast their vote only for national elective positions in the mid-term or legislative general elections and for the presidential elections, but not for the PASO, therefore, in this Sunday’s elections they will be able to vote for president, vice president, parliamentarians of Mercosur by National and Regional Single District, and national senators and deputies in all provinces.
In the case of national senators and deputies, the vote will be awarded to the applicants from the jurisdiction where they registered their last address, but They cannot speak for categories such as governor, provincial legislators, mayors and councilors.
The vote is carried out through a single ballot designed by the National Electoral Chamber, which contains as many divisions as there are competing political groups and shows the name and number of the list, with a space for casting a vote, which is expressed by marking each category with a letter x.
The countries with the greatest registration of Argentines are United States, with 90,382; Spain, 85,388; Brazil 19,842; Uruguay, 18,149; Paraguay, 17,963; Italy, 17,356; Chile, 16,482; Israel, 14,201; Mexico, 9,494; Germany 8,960; Bolivia, 8,506;
In France there are 5,565 Argentines registered; in Venezuela, 5,486; Australia, 5,234; Switzerland, 4,403; Japan, 1,858; China 587; Russia 177, and in much smaller numbers, there are fellow nationals living in other countries, such as Egypt, where 79 are registered; in Vietnam, 33; Qatar, 23; Trinidad and Tobago, 20; and Armenia 16.
Those with the lowest numbers are Jamaica and Iran, with 12 each; Barbados, eight; and Mozambique, five, while in Libya and Suriname two are registered in each of these countries.
Once the election is closed in each country, which is held at the same time as in Argentina, that is, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., “all the documentation and signed minutes are sent in a kind of diplomatic bag so that it reaches the Argentina as soon as possible to join the elections“, was explained.
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