They will be held on Sunday, November 22 and the Social Representatives will be elected
It is the largest electoral event after the national and departmental elections due to the number of public officials who must be mobilized to form the Vote Receiving Commissions and also due to the number of voters.
On Sunday, November 22, workers, the business sector, as well as retirees and pensioners must pay.
“An Organizing Commission has already been formed which requested information from all electoral agencies about background information and estimated expenses. Cerro Largo was not immune to that” said Alejandro Silveira.
“In recent days we finished with several cooperative elections, they had also left the Professional Fund election ready and now we are working on what is presumed in terms of expenses because we are talking about a national election. Contributing companies, active and passive, vote” confirmed to THE DIARY PROFESSIONAL.
“We had approximately 128 circuits in the last election and in the next one we are going to have between 15% and 20% more. We will surely be in the 150 circuits” estimated the Secretary of the Departmental Electoral Office. “The Electoral Court still does not have the Register of Qualified Persons in the 3 orders” accurate.
“Anyone who has a link with the BPS, whether through a contributing company, liability or asset, will be entitled to vote. The election of Social Representatives for the Board of Directors of the Social Security Bank will take place on November 22” advancement.
“There is time left, but the Electoral Court has already appointed a Commission and what that Commission is doing is requesting information from the 19 Departmental Offices in order to put together a schedule, an estimate of expenses so that when the Court has to send a budget to the Social Security Bank it is as real as possible. The idea is that later there will be no surprises. That is why this Commission, well in advance, has requested this information from all the agencies. In the case of Cerro Largo it has already been done. we send, the Commission has it” assured Alejandro Silveira.
Then there is also the whole logistical issue where coordination and articulations must be carried out with other institutions either by designated officials, by vehicles or by premises. “There are also links with the Ministries of the Interior and Defense. That is separate” he clarified. “What was done now is the cost estimate. The logistics comes later, more about the date” express.
“It is a national election that has the same characteristics and a very high volume of those eligible to vote” reiterated the Secretary of the Electoral Office. “There will be mixed circuits in some rural locations, in Melo there may not be any. Perhaps there will be for foreigners who are not registered in the National Civic Registry and vote with their Identity Card” he pointed out. “Those are the least” he added.
“We have an election coming up that is big, we have that challenge for the month of November 2026, specifically on Sunday the 22nd.” hill.
