Overview
- Éforo found that suspending PASO in the 2025 legislative elections cut total public electoral spending by about 3%, roughly $14,478 million (about US$9.5 million), far below the government’s US$200 million claim.
- Most of the modest savings were absorbed by record logistics bills from Correo Argentino, which charged about $225,113 million and accounted for roughly 48% of 2025’s electoral outlays.
- The suspension reduced transfers for ballot printing, extraordinary campaign funds and security, but those cuts were nearly neutralized by higher logistics costs after Monday's Éforo report showed the detailed breakdown.
- The executive’s wider reform package—now in the Senate—seeks to change the Boleta Única Papel system, alter campaign financing rules and create a 'Ficha Limpia' vetting rule, prompting opposition warnings that the moves have clear electoral stakes.
- Analysts warn the electoral budget shows strong downward rigidity: ordinary party funding collapsed from about $35,000 million in 2015 to $402 million in 2025, the Boleta Única Papel cost was estimated at roughly $43,000 million (≈$52,000 million with VAT), and 2025 spending remained 58% higher in real terms than the last pre‑PASO legislature in 2009.