Overview
- The STAE rollout in Lima and Callao, which encountered failures Sunday, delayed the installation of many polling tables as ONPE laptops rejected codes needed to print required forms.
- The Defensoría del Pueblo confirmed reports from poll workers and voters who said tables had to switch to paper registers when the digital tool would not start.
- Sites without steady power or internet could not run the laptops and printers that STAE needs, blocking digital ID checks, e‑certificates and the printing of acts.
- Poll workers said ONPE’s STAE coordinators lacked training, leaving crews to improvise and slowing openings in districts such as Callao, Ancón, Comas and Surco.
- Separately, ONPE later said late delivery of materials kept some Lima sites closed, and the JNE allowed voting until 6 p.m. Monday for 52,261 affected voters.