2020News

Political parties ask to extend election to 12 hours

The Modern Revolutionary (PRM), the Social Christian Reformist (PRSC) and the People’s Force (FP) political parties proposed on 27 May 2020 that the voting schedule for the presidential and congressional elections on 5 July 5 be 12 hours and not ten as established by the Central Electoral Board (JCE). The parties want the election hours to be from 6am to 6pm, and not from 7am to 5pm. The political parties suggest that women vote in the morning and men in the afternoon. The PRM and the FP for the most part back the health protocol passed by the Central Electoral Board for the election.

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El Nacional

28 May 2020