When are the midterm elections in Argentina?

Argentina: Can the elections be postponed?

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In 2021 Argentina celebrates the Open, Simultaneous and Mandatory Primary elections (PASO) and the general election.

The scheduled date for the PASO is September 12, 2021, while the general elections will be held on November 14, according to information from the National Electoral Chamber of Argentina (CNE).

What is voted in the mid-term elections in Argentina?

In 2021, Argentina's mid-term elections are held to renew 127 of the 257 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 24 of the 54 seats in the Chamber of Senators.

Who can vote in the midterm elections in Argentina?

According to the CNE website, all "native Argentines and by option from sixteen (16) years old and naturalized Argentines from eighteen (18) years old are entitled to vote, as long as they appear on the electoral roll and display an enabling document." .

In addition, "the defendants who are serving preventive detention and Argentineans residing abroad who have their domicile abroad as of April 30, 2019, will be able to vote," according to the CNE.

What documents are valid for voting?

According to the CNE, the documents allowed to vote are:

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• The enrollment book / civic book

• The green notebook ID

• The celestial notebook ID

• The celestial notebook DNI card, which contains the legend "Not valid to vote."

• The new DNI card

These are the main dates of the 2021 electoral schedule

As recorded in the National Electoral Chamber:

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July 22:

End of term to appoint an economic-financial manager by political group

July 24:

Start of the electoral campaign for the PASO.

End of the term for the presentation of lists of candidates before the

party electoral boards

July 31:

End of the period to allocate advertising spaces in audiovisual media by public draw

August 8:

Start of the electoral campaign in audiovisual media for the PASO

August 13:

Start of the dissemination of institutional messages of civic training and digital education responsible and critical use of electoral information

available on the internet

August 18:

Beginning of the prohibition of public events likely to promote the winning of suffrage

September 4:

Beginning of the ban on publishing and disseminating pre-election polls and polls

September 10:

End of the electoral campaign.

Beginning of the electoral ban

September 12:

Elections PASO.

Prohibition of publishing or disseminating polls and projections on the result of the election (8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. local time)

Mid-term general elections

September 30:

Start of the electoral campaign.

Appointment of two economic-financial managers per group

October 2:

End of the deadline for submitting the final report by list to the economic-financial manager of the group.

End of the term to assign advertising spaces in audiovisual media by public draw

October 10:

Start of the electoral campaign in the audiovisual media

October 12:

End of the deadline to present the final report by group before the federal electoral court

October 15:

Start of the dissemination of institutional messages of civic training and digital education responsible and critical use of electoral information available on the internet

October 20:

Beginning of the prohibition of public events likely to promote the winning of suffrage

November 4:

End of the period to present the preliminary campaign report

November 6:

Beginning of the ban on publishing or disseminating opinion polls and electoral forecasts

November 12:

End of the electoral campaign.

Beginning of the electoral ban

November 14:

General elections.

Prohibition of publishing or disseminating polls and projections on the result of the election (8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. local time)

(The complete electoral calendar is available on the website of the National Electoral Chamber)

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