PASO elections: more than two thousand people are trained as polling station authorities in the province of Buenos Aires

In view of the upcoming primary, open, simultaneous and mandatory elections (PASO), more than 2,200 citizens are already being trained as table authorities throughout the territory of the province of Buenos Aires.La Chief of Advisors to the Governor of the province of Buenos Aires, the courses began last week in the municipalities of Hurlingham, Quilmes, Lanús, General Viamonte, Junín, Lomas de Zamora, San Nicolás, Merlo and Rojas.In turn, this week they were extended to the parties of Avellaneda, San Antonio de Areco, Moreno, Tres de Febrero, José C. Paz, Pergamino, Luján, Baradero, Campana, Chivilcoy, General San Martín, San Fernando, Azul, Olavarría, Tandil, San Miguel, Malvinas Argentinas, Florencio Varela and La Plata.La instruction is part of an agreement signed between the Headquarters, the Ministry of Government of the Province, the Federal Court No. 1 of La Plata, the National Electoral Chamber and more than twenty public universities. The trainings consist of two courses for people who have been selected by Federal Court No. 1. In turn, each university was responsible for appointing the teachers, whose fees are financed by the Ministry of Government of Buenos Aires.” From the provincial government it seems fundamental that universities can get involved from their experience and their capacities in this process, which improves the democratic quality not only in the province of Buenos Aires but also in the country, “explained the head of Advisors of the Buenos Aires Government, Carlos Bianco.

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