The Regional and Municipal Elections 2022 are carried out normally in the Cusco region, where the authorities indicated that all the voting tables were installed, the last one being installed at 10:15 a.m. in the National College of Sciences.
However, one fact that caught our attention was that at a polling station located in the Sagrado Corazón de Jesús national school in the town of Paruro, the three titular members of a table were deceased persons.
Great was the surprise of the authorities when they saw this scenario, however the alternate members had to carry out their work and replace the deceased who by mistake had been considered as president, secretary and member in these elections.
In this regard, the head of the Office of Electoral Processes Cusco, Marcelino Castañedapointed out that the case could have occurred due to a lack of adjustment between the last electoral register, which would still date from last year.
“Keep in mind that the electoral register has closed on October 02, 2021so we work with this register and these people have been able to die during that time to date (…) When we draw the polling station members, we select three regulars and three alternates, if that is the case. that the incumbents cannot do it, the substitutes enter and if they cannot comply, people from the queue enter “sentenced.
Finally, to the query about mothers with a large family or people who cannot attend to fulfill their duty as table members for various reasons He referred that they can be excused if they cannot carry out the chargethe respective dispensation will be presented days in advance in the Special Electoral Jury in order to reschedule the polling station members and not be fined.
FIGURES:
– 432,243 able voters have Cusco.
– 1,459 polling stations
– 189 polling places
