After being approved by the Chamber of Deputies – with 143 votes in favor, 87 against and only 5 abstentions -, the Government regulated the Single Paper Ballot law. The substantial change will be that there will no longer be multiple party ballots when voting in the dark room, and starting in the next elections The State will be in charge of preparing the only ballot official.
The model, which is already used in Mendoza, renews the way of voting for the legislative elections of 2025. According to the promoters of the law, among whom are La Libertad Avanza, the PRO and the UCR, the decision would lower public costs of the elections and would encourage greater transparency. For its part, the opposition led by Union for the Homelandrejected the proposal during the debate, defending the current system, which does not have a fraudulent record verified.
Elections 2025: how to vote with the Single Paper Ballot
In detail, the new paper ballot condenses all electoral offers for national positions on a single sheet. It is divided into horizontal rows for each category and each of the positions, and in vertical columns for each postulated group.
The citizen who comes to vote will do so as always, entering the dark room, although only with the Single Paper Ballot in your hands. This will be delivered by the authorities of your table.
Once inside, the voter will select only one option for each category, marking in the empty box with a pen with which each section and alliance will be arranged. If a political group does not present candidates in any of the categories, the registration will be included there. “No candidate presented”.
After this, the citizen must place the ballot in the envelope, and when leave is placed in the urnas is usually done.
The vote can be canceled If two or more boxes are checked, and blank no box is checked. There will not be a locker other than “blank vote“
On the other hand, the lists of candidates must be accompanied by signs or posters that will be available in each voting booth. These themselves must have outstanding visibility.
It should be remembered that this system will be implemented only in national positions. Then, each province will maintain its local system for its own elections, whether it is the current one or the one it wishes to implement. This means that separate ballot boxes and forms will be used.
Other changes to the Single Paper Ballot project
In detail, the project provides for a single ballot for all candidates running for election. In this way, there will no longer be multiple party ballots when voting in the dark room, and starting in the next elections The State will be in charge of preparing the only ballot official.
The public administration will also be responsible for printing the posters with the complete lists so that they can be viewed when voting. Until the law is passed, each party had to take care of printing their ballots.
In this line, the matches They will no longer have to guard the ballots at each tablea usual situation of conflict in each election. Nor will they depend exclusively on their economic powers in the distribution of additional copies. for electoral campaigns..
On the other hand, it is established that all candidates will be represented more equitablysince each party will have its own space on the ballot.
The promoters behind this new system highlight that it will bring a reduction of electoral costsa positive environmental impact by reducing paper printing, and the elimination of the strategy that focuses on create political parties just to be able to get paid the funds that National Electoral Directorate gives to each one in order for them to print their ballots. At the same time, they also maintain that this type of ballot balance the situation between ruling parties and oppositions, as well as between new parties and broad parties, without any advantage.
Those who reject the change, especially those Deputies grouped in Unión por la Patria, warn that the new system will bring increased chances of electoral fraud and manipulation through this system.
Source: Ambito
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