Overview

• Federal judge Alejo Ramos Padilla accepted José Luis Espert’s resignation and ordered the natural upward shift that places Karen Reichardt first and Diego Santilli second on La Libertad Avanza’s Buenos Aires list.
• He held that Article 7 of Decree 171/2019 cannot be applied to the head of the ticket, declaring that use unconstitutional under the parity law and consistent with prior rulings by the National Electoral Chamber and the Supreme Court.
• The decision flagged two resignations by female candidates submitted in identical form as an effort to artificially alter the list’s gender composition, which the court deemed inadmissible.
• Reprinting the Boleta Única de Papel remains unresolved as the court convened parties and requested feasibility and cost reports from the Interior Ministry and the postal service, with high costs cited in estimates.
• The national government said it will appeal to the National Electoral Chamber, with ballots already printed for the October 26 vote and Espert’s departure reported to be linked to ties with detained businessman Federico “Fred” Machado.