Venezuela goes from the front in the calendar of municipal elections

Caracas, July 27 (Prensa Latina) The National Electoral Council (CNE) of Venezuela will start today the challenge, exclusion and verification of 30 organizations for political purposes called to to formalize their registration in the municipal elections of December 9th.

The rector of the CNE, Tania D & # 39; Amelio, explained via the social network Twitter that the political entities have been convened for registration since July 11, and as part of the electoral calendar, the subscriptions were successful this Thursday.

Between July 11th and 26th political organizations had to entrust the Electoral Power with the form of application of the registration of each organization and the list of its activists, which must be contain expressions of will equivalent to 0.5 percent of the total number of voters in at least 12 states of the country, "he wrote on the digital platform.

Amelio said that The admission of groups like political organizations will be announced by the CNE between August 29 and September 6.

On July 8, the Venezuelan electoral entity published on its website, the list with the provisional names of the groups convened for this process, among which Acción Ciudadana In Positivo, La Fuerza del Cambio and the Independent Party of Venezuela

Similarly, as part of the electoral process, the special day of the electoral registration new voters, to include young people who before the elections reach 18 years, as well as foreigners with more than 10 years of residence in the country.

In the elections of the municipal councils, the Venezuelans will elect four thousand 900 representatives with their respective deputies. Of these, one thousand 703 will be chosen nominally, 685 by lists and 69 by indigenous communities, in addition to representatives to councilors of the 335 municipalities of Venezuela.