Claro and Raspao | COMPLEMENTARY DRAW FOR SUBALTERN ELECTORAL BODIES | By Conrado Pérez

Final Thursday, June 13, the COMPLEMENTARY DRAW FOR SUBALTERN ELECTORAL BODIES, an act that was carried out publicly and with the attendance of 38 Representatives of applicant organizations with political functions. Why is that this giveaway held? In precept because of the modification that the Electoral Registry suffered when there have been requests for relocation, exclusion of deceased and entry of latest voters which, clearly, would improve the composition of the Electoral Tables. One more reason for finishing up this draw is the end result obtained from the exceptions to the Necessary Electoral Service introduced by the voters chosen within the month of March, in addition to the elimination or improve of Polling Stations because of the authorization/elimination of Voting Facilities. The end result obtained on this draw was as follows:

BOARD/DRAW TABLE	ORGANISMS	POSITION TO BE DRAFT
08	REGIONAL ELECTORAL BOARDS	11
135	MUNICIPAL ELECTORAL BOARDS	180
18	PARISH ELECTORAL MEETINGS	19
1.843	NEW ELECTORAL TABLES	55.290
22.971	TABLES WITH VACANT POSITIONS	116.293
TOTAL TO DRAW		171.793

SENDING OF ELECTORAL MATERIAL TO DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS

For this week, the exercise associated to the sending of the ELECTORAL MATERIAL TO 106 DIPLOMATIC MISSIONSthis exercise started on June 13 and can proceed till June 19, the CNE thus complying with the provisions of paragraph 22 of article 33 of the LOPE, which states, because the CNE’s competence, “Assure (…) the participation of residents in electoral processes…”.and article 124 of the LOPRE which establishes: “Solely voters who’ve residency or some other regime that denotes legality and permanence outdoors of Venezuela might vote overseas. Likewise, officers assigned to embassies, consulates and business workplaces might vote overseas.…”

DRILL OF THE VOTING ACT

What’s the Mock Voting Act? It’s an exercise carried out by the Nationwide Electoral Council days earlier than the Voting Act itself. The aim of this exercise is, on the one hand, to have the ability to decide doable technological failures which will happen on voting day, reminiscent of: transmission issues, issues with the Voting Machines; with the fingerprint catchers; in addition to permitting voters to grow to be acquainted with the Voting Machine and the way to train their proper to vote.

IMPORTANCE OF ELECTORAL WITNESSES

Why is it necessary for organizations with political functions to designate Witnesses for the Voting Act? Each electoral course of is necessary for the democratic lifetime of any nation and much more so the electoral technique of the Election of the President of the Republic. Given the significance of this course of, the Nationwide Electoral Council, in trustworthy compliance with the provisions of Chapter III of the Laws of the Natural Legislation of Electoral Processes, ensures the accreditation of Witnesses from organizations with political functions operating on this election in order that they’ll endorse the actions of the members of the Subaltern Electoral Our bodies, that’s, Members of the Regional Electoral Boards, Municipal Electoral Boards, Parish Electoral Boards and Members of the Voting Tables. In subsequent columns I’ll delve into this subject. LET’S NOT LOSE BEING SEEERS