Overview

• José Luis Espert withdrew from the La Libertad Avanza ticket after reports, including Bank of America documents, linked him commercially to detained businessman Federico “Fred” Machado.
• Roughly 70% of the province’s state‑printed single‑paper ballots were completed and ready for distribution since September 29 with the October 26 election now less than three weeks away.
• Reprinting Buenos Aires ballots is estimated at about 14–15 billion pesos, a cost judicial sources describe as difficult to justify given timing and budget pressures.
• Absent an order from Judge Alejo Ramos Padilla, Espert’s name and image will remain on the ballot for the province’s voters.
• Legal pathways are contested, with debate over list succession by corrimiento versus a same‑gender replacement rule, as opposition lawmakers also push to make La Libertad Avanza pay any reprinting bill.