translated from Spanish: A key election is already voted on for October

More than 33 million Argentines vote today in the Primary, Open, Simultaneous and Compulsory (PASS) to define the candidates who will compete in the October presidential election, the postulants to the governorship in three districts and the legislators seeking to stay 24 senators’ seats and 130 deputies. These STEPS, which are presented as a highly polarized election, will function as a large national poll as there will be no internal to define the presidential candidates on any of the political fronts that participate. The ten candidates for President who stand for the vote must obtain a minimum floor of 1.5% of the vote in order to compete in the generals. The total number of citizens allowed throughout the country to vote is 33,841,837, according to data from the National Electoral Chamber (CNE).
President Mauricio Macri seeks his re-election in a formula that integrates with Peronist Senator Miguel Angel Pichetto in the Together for Change alliance, made up of PRO, radicalism and the Civic Coalition.
Meanwhile, Alberto Fernández, candidate of the Front of All, carries as a companion of the formula to the senator and former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
For the space Federal Consensus leads the presidential formula the former economy minister Roberto Lavagna and as a candidate for vice-president the governor of Salta, Juan Manuel Urtubey, who present theself as the third option.
Economist José Luis Espert (Frente Despertar), left-wing leader Nicolás Del Caño (FIT-Unidad), Manuela Castañeira (New MAS), former Customs chief Juan José Gómez Centurión (NOS), Alejandro Biondini (Patriot Front), former Customs Chief Juan José Gómez Centurión (NOS), Alejandro Biondini (Patriot Front), the former former Patriot legal governor José Antonio Romero Feris (National Autonomist Party) and Raúl Humberto Albarracín (Neighborhood Action Movement). The focus will also be on the province of Buenos Aires, which represents 37 per cent of the national board), Córdoba, which has 8.6 per cent, Santa Fe, 8.3 per cent, Mendoza, 4.2 per cent and the autonomous city of Buenos Aires , which has 7.9 per cent.
The company in charge of the computer system that will carry out the transmission of data and the provisional scrutiny is Smartmatic, which had been objected to by the opposition, which was rejected by the Government.The Minister of the Interior, Rogelio Frigerio, assured that the “will be transparent” and stressed that the opposition “will have control over scrutiny like never before in history.” Frigerio stressed that the times for the dissemination of data will be expedited, the first of which will be known from 21 o’eotation, and at midnight the final trend will be. Federal judge with electoral jurisdiction, María Romilda Servini, appointed judicial veedores to monitor the transmission of the results of the PASO primaries. The adolescent vote, allowed since 2012 with the sanction of Law 26.774 that reformed the Citizenship Act, represents 2.8 percent of the total pattern.

The Gender Parity Act, which was passed on November 23, 2018, also applies for the first time to ensure equitable representation in the Congress of the Nation by requiring women and men to be listed. Another piece of interest that came into force in these STEPS is the reform of the financing regime that, from this year, that cash donations for both parties and campaigns are prohibited and contributions must be made through bank transfer or deposit, proving identity. In this note:

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