According to data from the National Civil Status Registry, there are more than 972,000 active voters to participate in the polling stations located abroad for the first round presidential
Today was the day with the highest number of votes with 23,007 votes. That means that we continue to grow every day,” Ramírez said in a statement. In the Miami consulate, the most important for elections abroad, there are 12 tables enabled for 100,000 people to vote in advance,
During the afternoon of this Wednesday, May 25, the vice president and Colombian Foreign Minister, Marta Lucía Ramírez, offered a balance on the third day of the presidential elections held abroad.“To date we have 62,373 votes that our nationals abroad have cast. At this time we have the fourth day that has already been opened in Australia and New Zealand,” explained the official from the national government.
In turn, he highlighted which Colombian consulates have been visited by the most voters. “The consulates where we have had the most votes have been Miami with 9,633 votes; Madrid (embassy and consulate) with 5,510 votes and New York with 2,522. Today was the day with the highest number of votes with 23,007 votes. That means that we continue to grow every day.”, Ramírez expressed in a statement. In the Miami consulate, the most important for elections abroad, there are 12 tables enabled for 100,000 people to vote in advance.
According to data from the National Registry of Civil Status ,there are more than 972,000 voters to participate in the polling stations located abroad. The electoral process takes place abroad from May 23 to 29 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. m. to 4:00 p.m. m. (local time in each country).
This Wednesday, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was carried out with total normality in all the authorized consulates and embassies and it stated that The Electoral Monitoring Table of the Foreign Ministry continues to work “24/7″, in three work shifts.
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In a second point of the statement, Vice President Ramírez affirmed that today the National Electoral Council (CNE) “responded to the two requests we made to them yesterday and they did so through circulars 03 and 04. In its response, the CNE reminds the parties and candidates that they have to instruct their militants to refrain from having electoral advertising near the polling places”.
While in the Circular 04, the chancellor stated that the CNE clarified that “witnesses, jurors and any person who is participating in the vote are prohibited from disclosing partial results. What the regulations provide is that These data must be given on the day the voting closes, which will be Sunday, May 29, and the Registrar will be the one to provide them,” concluded the official.
In the days prior to these responses, Ramírez had insisted that the electoral process being carried out abroad to elect the next president of the Republic “requires constant and determined commitment on the part of you and the work teams of your offices, to guarantee its transparency and performance with full respect for the rules and instructions issued by the National Registry of Civil Status and the electoral authorities”.
It is important to note that during the legislative elections held on March 13, Colombians living abroad elected Carmen Felisa Ramírez as their representative in the Chamber. she This woman of the Wayuu ethnic group who has lived in Switzerland for more than a decade. This population group can only vote in elections of national decision such as president or Congress, but not of local decision, since they are not directly affected by the election of any candidate in particular.