Overview

• Federal electoral judge Alejo Ramos Padilla rejected La Libertad Avanza’s bid to move Diego Santilli to the top spot and declared Article 7 of Decree 171/2019 inapplicable to replacing the first candidate.
• He ordered the natural upward shift of the already officialized list, leaving Karen Reichardt (Karina Celia Vázquez) first and Santilli second, and formally accepted the resignations of José Luis Espert, Lucía Benardoni and María Gabriela Gobea.
• The decision aligns with prosecutor María Laura Roteta’s opinion and references prior rulings by the National Electoral Chamber and the Supreme Court that safeguard the purpose of gender-parity laws.
• The court convened parties to address whether to reprint Boleta Única de Papel ballots that were already produced with Espert’s name and image, and it requested cost and timing details from the Interior Ministry and the national postal service.
• Reporting estimates a potential reprint at roughly ARS 15,000 million and notes the government intends to appeal, as the campaign moves toward the October 26 legislative vote.