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ONPE Halts Digital Voting for 2026 as Peru Approves Ballots and Begins Legal Scrutiny

A JNE opinion judging the online system unviable triggered the suspension pending an external audit.

Overview

  • The JNE closed registrations with 34 presidential formulas and 1,383 lists, moving the process into the technical and legal review phase.
  • ONPE suspended the online voting mechanism after the JNE cited technical deficiencies and risks to ballot secrecy, and registered users will retain the option to vote in person.
  • ONPE approved the official ballot design via Resolución Jefatural N.° 000199-2025-JN/ONPE, specifying five columns and added security such as barcodes and color-tracked party rows.
  • The newly designated JEE Lima Centro 2, created to oversee the diaspora district, declared Fuerza Popular’s overseas list inadmissible over limits on direct designations, giving two days to correct or face rejection.
  • JEE Lima Centro 1 found Avanza País’s presidential ticket inadmissible for missing notarized resignations and a form omission, and the party has filed documents to cure the defects.