Public transport systems will provide free service on July 28

• The measure was announced through the institutional body’s social networks

The Ministry of Transport reported on July 27 that due to the presidential elections of July 28all public transport systems will be providing service free of charge.

According to the information shared on social media, the following services will comply with the measure:

-Caracas Metro

-Tuy Valley Railway

-Sitssa Transportation System

-Los Teques Metro

-Valencia Metro

-Maracaibo Metro

The agency explained that the decision is to ensure that citizens can travel to their polling stations and vote.

Photo: @TransporteGobVe

Details of the electoral process

For the electoral process on Sunday, July 28, the National Electoral Council (CNE) enabled a total of 16 thousand tables and 30 thousand machines. According to the Electoral Registry, 21,620,705 people are eligible to vote in these elections.

The first phase of verification will take place on Sunday, July 28, once the voting tables have closed (6:00 pm), in case there are no voters in line.

In phase two, technicians accredited by the electoral authority will be responsible for taking a random sample of the machines to ensure that the system worked properly and did not fail.

Likewise, different electoral actors have reiterated that both the Organic Law of Electoral Processes (Lopre) and the Constitution establish that Voting in Venezuela is secret.

What steps should be followed when voting?

Voters must Go to the polling station where they are registered. with their identity card to participate in the presidential elections.

Photo: Jose Daniel Ramos @danielj2511

Article 313 of the general regulations of the Lopre establishes the following steps to exercise suffrage in Venezuela:

-The voter will hand over his or her laminated identity card to the president of the electoral table.

-Once the authentication process is complete, they will return your ID and ask you if you know the process. If the answer is yes, they will let you go to the machine to cast your vote and the person presiding over the table will be in charge of unlocking the machine, which will make a sound.

-The law establishes that once the machine is enabled, the person will have three minutes to select the option and must press the “Vote” box. If they make a mistake, as long as they did not press this button, they can correct their vote.

-Once the “Vote” box is pressed, the machine will print a voting receipt, which must be deposited by the voter in the safekeeping box, for citizen verification.

-Once this process has been completed, the voter must hand over his/her identity card to the president of the table, who will write down his/her data in the voting book. The voter must sign it and mark it with his/her fingerprint.

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