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Buenos Aires Province Ratifies Record One Million Foreign Voters Ahead of September Elections

Dedicated voting tables are being set up across 135 districts to facilitate participation before the provincial legislature elections on September 7.

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1.015.233 de extranjeros podrán votar en las elecciones de la Provincia.

Overview

  • The provincial Electoral Board confirmed a final voter registry of 14,376,592 electors including a record 1,015,233 foreign residents.
  • Justicia Electoral has established 2,401 dedicated tables for foreign voters distributed across all 135 districts to manage the enlarged electorate.
  • Under provincial reforms noncitizen residents who meet residency, literacy, voluntary registration, and tax-payment requirements are granted voting rights in provincial and municipal polls.
  • Foreign electors are concentrated in the Third Electoral Section (463,314), the First Section (399,030), and the city of La Plata (63,148) reflecting uneven distribution.
  • On September 7 voters will renew half of the legislature—electing 23 provincial senators and 46 deputies—using traditional party ballots before switching to a single paper ballot for October’s national elections.