Overview
- The ONPE started the physical deployment of electoral material on Friday, September 18 with 43.61 tonnes sent to eight ODPEs under Police protection and real-time satellite monitoring, and officials from ONPE supervising each convoy.
- A broader logistics plan calls for 45 overland routes between September 19 and 24 and a final dispatch to Lima and Callao on October 2 that together will move roughly 1,007.62 tonnes of voting supplies and contingency cédulas.
- Two nationwide in-person training sessions for miembros de mesa are set for Sunday, September 20 and 27, while the ONPE website now allows virtual download of members’ credentials and provides manuals and practice materials.
- Decentralization efforts aim to reduce travel for voters and improve outreach: ODPEs have opened local offices, Trujillo activated 21 district bases, and ONPE will install mesas in 141 centros poblados in Puno to serve about 69,585 electors.
- Operational safeguards include reassigning 17 voting locales and 158 mesas for safety and access, holding material reserves and contingency ballots, and inviting oversight from the JNE and the Contraloría to preserve transparency ahead of the 26.3 million voters called to the October 4 elections.