While the electoral silence, i.e. the ban on any kind of propaganda, continues this Saturday, the candidates for the presidency have no public agenda.
The latest official polls showed an upward trend in support for the Citizen Revolution candidate, while support for the young Noboa from the National Democratic Action alliance fell, despite him leading in two polls.
Given this development, reflected in opinion studies, few dare to predict a possible winner of these elections, which are considered crucial for the country in the midst of the greatest wave of uncertainty in its history and for the Latin American region.
This Sunday, October 15, 40,714 electoral boards will be activated, opening their doors at 7:00 a.m. local time and closing at 5:00 p.m., allowing more than 13 million registered citizens to decide who will be Guillermo’s successor. Lasso.
According to the National Electoral Council (CNE), Ecuadorians residing abroad can also vote in person in this second round, except in Russia, Belarus, Nicaragua and Israel.
At the national level, voting is compulsory for people between 18 and 64 years old registered in the electoral roll and voluntary for young people between 16 and 17 years old, people over 65 years old or the disabled who had the opportunity to access Friday to vote at home , if they wanted.
More than 53,000 police officers and approximately 43,000 members of the armed forces are deployed in a security operation for processing centers, electoral districts, as well as for voters, candidates, elected legislators and local authorities, among other things.
The so-called “dry law” has been in effect in the country since October 13th, banning the marketing and consumption of alcoholic beverages on election day.
The CNE expects the first results to be announced on Sunday from 6:30 p.m. local time.
Whoever wins the competition will be head of the executive branch from December of this year – the date has not yet been set – until May 24, 2025, when President Lasso should end his term of office, who announced his resignation from office with the request Death on the Cross.
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