This is a fingerprint scanner. The organization is already preparing the 2,521 circuits for the elections on Sunday the 30th.
The Montevideo Electoral Board began preparing a total of 2,521 circuits for the internal elections that will take place on Sunday the 30th, while it hopes to be able to test a fingerprint reading scanner in about 500 more circuits; meanwhile, since Electoral Court They hope that the results can be known before midnight.
According to the president of the Electoral Board, Mary Lopez, the ballot boxes already have all the necessary material for the vote receiving tables to work, including the forms, the files and everything necessary for the observed votes. “The ballot boxes will be removed by the Armed forces close to next weekend,” López assured Subrayado.
On the other hand, the president of the Board recalled that each circuit calls for three regulars and three substitutes and asked for volunteers, whether public officials or notaries, to work in the area of White stones.
The results would be known by midnight
For his part, the president of the Electoral Court, Wilfredo Penco, He assured that “everything is on track” and that there will be facilitators to help voters and also the vote receiving tables. “They are here to stay and they are going to collaborate with the electorate and also with the commissions themselves,” the leader explained to Subrayado.
Meanwhile, he recalled that voting hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., although it could be extended one more hour in case there are people inside the establishments. In that sense, he added that the results could be known before midnight and commented that software will be used for the voting circuit and data processing.
More than 500 voting sheets were presented in Montevideo
A total of 23 political parties were registered throughout the country, while in Montevideo They were between 18 and 20, he confirmed Lopez. In that sense, he admitted that there was “a record number of slogans” and advised to bring the voting sheets on the day of the internal elections “because it is likely that they will not be found in the secret rooms”.
Of the almost 500 sheets, he specified that there are 129 firm ones at this moment, of which 45 are from the Colorado Party, 32 of National Party, 25 of Wide Front and 22 of Town meeting.
“We see that due to the number of slogans the scrutiny on election day, but apart from that I think it’s going to be like any internal election: very complex. I hope many people want to participate,” stated the president of the Montevideo Electoral Board.
Source: Ambito
