From 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., more than 2.7 million citizens are allowed to go to the voting centers.
Uruguay is preparing to vote this Sunday from 8 a.m. in a ballot that is anticipated to be very close.
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He runoff 2024that will face Yamandu Orsi and Alvaro Delgado It will take place this Sunday from 8 in the morning, when the voting centers open to receive the first voters.
On a day that is anticipated to be sunny and hot, after a Saturday when the militants of the Wide Front and the National Party closed in full color, more than 2.7 million Uruguayans They are authorized to vote.
In total, there are 7,225 electoral circuits spread throughout the country, in which around 90% of citizens are expected to cast their vote, if the participation of the general (90.12%) and the average of the previous instances.
Election day details
Just like in October and unlike the internal June, the vote is mandatory and there is time until 7:30 p.m. to come and vote. If you do not know the established place, it is possible to consult the search engine. electoral roll and then go to the assigned electoral circuit.
It is worth noting that a more fluid day for voting is expected, since there will be only two ballots in the secret room, unlike the multiple voting sheets for the internal ones, which were reduced in the general elections, although adding the ballots of the two plebiscites.
As part of the operation of security, there will be 5,910 troops of the Police affected this Sunday, among whom they will be in charge of the custody of the ballot boxes, security on public roads and the control of businesses that fail to comply with the ban sale of alcoholic beverages.
When will the results be known?
The scenario of a technical tie between Orsi and Delgado suggests that it will be a runoff where every vote counts. The Electoral Court It plans to begin providing the first data on the provisional count two hours after the vote counting begins, although if the election is indeed very close, a president may not be proclaimed on Sunday night or early in the morning.
The thing is that the votes observed, as occurred in the 2019 vote, can be important in tipping the balance and will only be validated in the definitive scrutiny, that will begin on Tuesday in the 19 departmental capitals, a process that can culminate between Wednesday and Thursday, stretching the definition of who will be the successor of Luis Lacalle Pou.
Source: Ambito
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