Elections held in Chubut, Argentina, despite storm

Buenos Aires, Jul 30 (Prensa Latina) Despite a storm registered in the last few hours, elections in the province of Chubut, in Argentine Patagonia, are taking place today as normal, as confirmed by the Electoral Tribunal (TE) of that territory.

July 30, 2023
09:17

More than 474 thousand citizens are summoned to go to the polls and determine a new governor and lieutenant governor, the deputies, mayors and councilors.

Among the main candidates to lead the provincial government are Juan Pablo Luque and Ricardo Sastre from Ariba Chubut (Peronism); Ignacio Torres and Gustavo Menna (Together for Change); and César Treffinger and Laura Mirantes (La Libertad Independiente).

Also competing are Emilse Saavedra and Julieta Rusconi from the Left and Workers Front, and Oscar Petersen and Nancy Lobos from Generación for a National Meeting.

The 248 schools enabled to exercise the vote opened their doors at 08:00 local time, and the TE reported that the National Gendarmerie and the Argentine Post Office guaranteed the distribution of the material necessary for the proper functioning of the 1,416 polling stations, after heavy winds and rains.

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