Argentina: Authorities register increase in electoral roll ahead of primary polls
The Secretary of Electoral Action in Argentina, Sebastián Schimmel, explained that a total of 1,168,033 young people aged 16 and 17 are eligible to vote in next Sunday's PASO and in the general elections, implying an increase in the census. teleSUR
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00:01 The National Electoral Chamber of Argentina has confirmed a rise in the electoral roll
00:06 as almost 2 million 16 and 17-year-olds are now eligible to vote this Sunday in the primary
00:12 elections.
00:13 A 2012 amendment to the citizenship law allows Argentines to vote from the age of 16.
00:19 As a result, 1,168,033 young people will be able to do so in the open, simultaneous and
00:27 mandatory primary elections, known by its acronym as PASO.
00:31 However, the Secretary of Electoral Action, Sebastián Schimmel, clarifies that from this
00:37 total 3,213 young people are subtracted because they are abroad.
00:43 Schimmel also gave an account on the organization of the electoral centers for this Sunday's
00:48 poll.
00:53 There are 104,300 polling stations nationwide.
00:56 There is a natural growth to the population growth.
01:00 To this amount, we have to add 385 polling stations that are set up in the detention
01:04 units.
01:05 So we are close to 105,000 polling stations in our 24 districts, a very important territorial
01:12 station in the world.
01:13 In the case of Santa Fe, we have a very significant magnitude.
01:17 It is the third district in electoral capacity at national level.
01:22 So this is reflected in the number of polling stations, number of readers and number of
01:27 polling station authorities.
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