Very High Absenteeism in Mayorial Vote
The votes will really count in the municipal elections, as yesterday only 23.7% of the eligible voters show up despite generally good weather throughout the country.
The soccer playoffs, Christmas shopping, apathy from parties and the lack of funding for mayoral campaigns were all signaled as culprits for the low turnout. Oscar Fonseca, Chief Magistrate of the TSE called on the legislature to change the date of the municipal elections, as well as to provide funding for the campaigns.
The manual vote count will begin Tuesday, partial, preliminary results by city can be seen on the TSE web page:
December 6th, 2006 at 2:40 pm
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