Elections 2023: Can citizens who did not vote in the PASO vote on Sunday?

The head of the National Electoral Directorate (DINE), Marcos Schiavi, reported that citizens who did not vote in the open, simultaneous and mandatory primaries (PASO) on August 13 “have no impediment” to cast their vote this Sunday in the general elections that will take place throughout the country between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Those who did not participate in the PASO can obviously vote in the general election. There is no impediment. Also if you did not vote in the 2021 elections and want to vote now, you can do so,” Schiavi explained this morning in statements to the press at the headquarters of Correo Argentino located in the Central Market of Buenos Aires.In addition, according to Schiavi, on Sunday in the general elections “we are going to have between 4 or 5 points more participation than in August”. In the August 13 PASO, 69% of eligible voters went to the polls that day, which represented a 1.3% increase in turnout compared to the 2021 open, simultaneous, and mandatory primaries, but a drop of 7.4 percentage points compared to the last elimination stage of presidential candidates in 2019. Thus, the elections held that day were the second with the lowest turnout since the return of democracy, which will be 40 years old on December 10. You may also be interested in: “Where to vote: check the electoral roll for Sunday, October 22″Which people are exempt from voting in the general elections?
– People who are more than 500 kilometres away from the place where they have to vote must justify to the nearest police authority that this situation is due to reasonable grounds.- Those who are ill or unable to attend the polling station for reasons of force majeure sufficiently verified and justified before doctors of the national health service.- Those who are part of a public service body or company and by For reasons related to the performance of duties are prevented from attending to vote.- Judges or assistants who, by provision of the National Electoral Code, have to attend their office and keep it open during the elections

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