This weekend, thousands of Argentines went to the polls to vote for the government The first round of elections in the country. Candidates for President, Representatives, Senators and Governors will be selected. Amid the dispute, which appears to be one of the fiercest, one detail stands out: Insert paper and scissors.
Unlike other countries, Argentina’s banknotes are folding paper inserts. A document in the form of a leaflet indicating a presidential candidate and contenders vying for other offices who belong to the same coalition.
This is where scissors come in. If the voter wants to vote for all candidates from the same coalition, simply fold the chosen ballot, place it in an envelope and deposit it in the ballot box. But, if you don’t want to, you need to cut out the chosen names from a different pile, put everything in the envelope and insert it into the ballot box.
It doesn’t cut it anyway. a Globo News, columnist Ariel Palacios mentioned that if the shape isn’t cut well, they can void your vote. “[Em seguida] Go to the other pile, take it [a outra cédula], cut on the dotted line. This is called the bulita cut (electoral ballot).”
“Obviously, throughout Argentina’s history, people haven’t had the patience to do that [recortar cédulas]. They take that [único] The paper and put it in the ballot box. But this time things are different. Analysts say there is a tendency to further reduce bills. This increases the complexity of the political plan of the next government.”
Sergio Massa, the government coalition candidate and Argentine Minister of Economy, finished the first round ahead by obtaining 9.6 million votes. He and Javier Miley should compete in the second round on November 19.
Source: Redacao Terra
