Overview
- Voters are deciding four questions that could reshape the state: convening a Constituent Assembly, lifting the ban on foreign military bases, shrinking the legislature, and ending public funding for parties.
- More than 13.9 million Ecuadorians are called to the polls under electoral silence rules and a nationwide dry law.
- Authorities deployed over 100,000 police and military for security, while more than 800 national and international observers are accredited by the CNE.
- Special voting included the Voto en Casa program for 597 people with severe disabilities and advance voting for 8,642 eligible detainees, with balloting in Machala suspended after a prison riot that left 31 inmates dead.
- A victory for the Constituent Assembly would require two additional elections, and the foreign bases measure could enable U.S. presence as talks have been reported about establishing two sites on the coast.