The governor of San Juan Marcelo Orrego This Thursday in the Legislature he presented a bill to modify the Electoral Code. It seeks to eliminate the Lemas law and incorporate a single ballot system. “San Juan deserves a modern, fair, clean and transparent electoral system”he stated.
“As we promised during the campaign, we have presented a project that: repeals the Law of Mottos, symbol of an obsolete and misleading system for voters. Incorporates the Single Voting Ballot, to end the chain vote and bad practices. Limits the indefinite re-election of deputies. It gives clarity and modernizes the electoral processes,” Orrego summarized in his “X” account.
“San Juan deserves a modern, fair, clean and transparent electoral system. I trust that the legislators will support this project that the people of San Juan deserve so much.“, hill.
End of the Lemas law and new ballot model
This proposal repeals Law 2348-N, eliminates the Citizen Participation System (SIPAD) and the Law of Mottos. The regulations were approved in 2021 and allow a group to present several subgroups, that is, to apply for several lists for the same position. At the end of election day, the party with the most votes wins the votes of the rest.
Orrego’s initiative eliminates this legislation and instead proposes moving towards an internal election for each party as a way to select candidates. The elections may be closed or opendepending on the choice of each party, alliance, front or confederation. “In the case of Open internal elections will be able to vote for all citizens who decide to do so, as long as they are not affiliated with other Parties.“says the project.
In addition, among the initiatives proposed by the governor would be incorporated the use of Single Voting Ballot. The objective is “put an end to chain voting and other bad electoral practices”. It would also reduce the cost of printing ballots and guarantee the principle of equality between candidates.
According to the project, the Single Voting Ballot “will be divided into horizontal rows of equal size for each party, alliance, front or political confederation that has official lists of candidates registered with the Provincial Electoral Tribunal.” Furthermore, it indicates that the spaces assigned on the BUS “must be identical, symmetrically incorporating the party figures or symbols, which had previously been authorized by the Provincial Electoral Tribunal and, where appropriate, the photograph of the candidates.”
Limitation of indefinite re-election of provincial deputies
On the other hand, it limits the indefinite re-election of departmental deputies and the proportional representation system. Regarding the first, it proposes the following: “Each of the nineteen (19) departments into which the territory of the province is divided will elect its respective representative by simple majority vote, for which each department will be considered an electoral district. “Legislators can be re-elected consecutively for only two terms. If they have been re-elected, they can be candidates again with a minimum interval of one term.”
For the case of the deputies for the system of proportional representation points out: “At the same time as the election of the departmental deputies, one deputy for every forty thousand (40,000) inhabitants will be elected by the proportional representation system, taking the province as the single electoral district. The number of inhabitants that determines the number of deputies is that of the last official national or provincial census legally carried out. Legislators can be re-elected consecutively for only two terms. “If they have been re-elected, they can be candidates again with a minimum interval of one period,” the text reads.
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