The final scrutiny of the legislative elections held last Sunday in the province of Buenos Aires began this Wednesday at the Pasaje Dardo Rocha cultural center, in the city of La Plata.
The federal judge with electoral jurisdiction, Alejo Ramos Padilla; the president of the Buenos Aires Supreme Court, Luis Genoud, and the president of the Federal Chamber of La Plata, Carlos Alberto Vallefín.
The vote count began at 8 in the space located on Calle 50 between 6 and 7, and there are a total of 100 tables “working simultaneously”.
In order to speed up the process, Ramos Padilla decided to increase the number of tables by 50 percent compared to the primary elections in September, at which time it began with 44 tables and ended with 63.
From Justice they remarked that although the duration of the scrutiny will depend on the number of tables observed and the opening requests, it could be concluded before this Friday.
For this, the employees of the electoral justice and the proxies and party representatives will work daily between 8 and 18 hours.
In that sense, Daniela Sayal, Buenos Aires Electoral Secretary, explained that “in each of the tables there are two employees of the Electoral Secretariat, who are going to receive the original documentation that the polling station authorities completed at each voting table. on election day. “
“In the presence of the prosecutors of the political groups that participated in the election, the pockets that the table authority closed with seals on Sunday are opened and the review of each of the minutes is carried out,” he said.
Thus he affirmed that “all those calculations made by the table authorities are added again, they are transcribed into a record, which is uploaded to the computer system.”
Finally, he clarified that “if there is a difference between the documentation of the table and what the prosecutors have in their certificate, the opening of the ballot box is requested. The Electoral Board decides whether or not it is done according to the supporting documentation that that group has. “.
