The elections departmental elections will be held on May 11 of this year and all people who are of legal age on that date must obtain the credential to be able to vote in the elections, they have until April 15 and there are almost 25,000 who still They didn’t process it.
The young people who have yet to obtain the credential number 25,000, according to the birth rate that has occurred in the last 18 years. However, we still have to subtract the number of people who migrated as well as the infant mortality within those 25,000. Meanwhile, it is estimated that 19,000 correspond to the city of Montevideo, while the other 6,000 remain inside the country.
Therefore, the minister of Electoral Court, Joseph Korzeniakrecommended to those people who have not yet processed it to do so at the registration offices distributed throughout the entire year. Uruguay. The leader recalled that the agency’s official website contains a calendar with the dates where mobile offices will be located.
“The Electoral Court “is making an effort, not only to disseminate the circumstance of the obligation of civic registration, but also deploying mobile offices in each department and in Montevideo, in addition to the registration offices that operate in each departmental electoral office,” Korzeniak explained.
Meanwhile, the leader recalled that “it is very important to register civically” and that it is an obligation since, if they do not obtain the credential, they will not be able to vote. This will force them to pay a fine of 1,700 pesos or 3,400 if they are public officials or university professionals.
Record number of matches in 2024
The elections This year’s presidential elections could lead to a record, since candidates from up to 23 political parties could present themselves, as anticipated by the Minister of the Electoral Court. José Garchitorena.
The entity enabled 12 new spaces, among which is the Libertarian Party of Uruguay, that seeks to emulate the ideas of the Argentine president Javier Milei, who join the 11 who participated in the 2019 vote where it was consecrated Luis Lacalle Pou.
“We have a record number: the possibility of 23 games being presented,” he said. Garchitorena to Channel 5 when echoing the dozen parties that joined until January 11, the deadline when the registration of new sectors closed.
However, the figure could be reduced because formal observations weigh on some spaces. “They are parties that focus on certain issues: environmental, more health-related, sanitary and others,” explained the leader.
To formalize the constitution of a political party, requirements must be met, such as collecting 1,350 signatures and presenting an organic charter and a program of principles. Then, to participate in the internal elections on June 30, it must present at least 500 candidates to the national convention and add more than 500 votes, to then reach the general elections.
Source: Ambito
