In statements to Prensa Latina, the official of the National Assembly of the People’s Power stated that these days the candidates for deputies make tours of the country, particularly the territories in which they were nominated, in view of the appointment at the polls of March 11.

It is about contacts with the people to present ourselves to local voters and interact with them, something far removed from the politicking that in the past marked the processes of elections in Cuba, before the revolution of January 1, 1959, he said.

According to Fuentes, in those meetings there is a dialogue with workers, students and citizens, who have the possibility to ask and express their concerns, explained the candidate for deputy.

More than eight million Cubans are summoned on March 11 to elect the 605 members of the National Assembly and 1,245 delegates to the Provincial Assemblies, after they selected at the end of last year 12,515 members of the Municipal Assemblies.

‘I can describe my experience in the meetings with the voters as impressive because people meet spontaneously and show interest in the process,’ said Fuentes.

(Prensa Latina) 

During a media conference, the official said they had almost decided the definitive number of electoral colleges, because some territories were still making adjustments, he explained.

This time, when we will hold different elections, compared to those on November 26, when delegates to the national Assembly of People’s Power were elected, around 143 special colleges will be set to make possible that those who, for different reasons, cannot vote in the electoral community where they live are able to do it.

Amaran added that 92 electoral districts had been created in the municipalities with a population that exceeds 100,000 inhabitants. Those authorities, established with the objective of speeding up the process, will work as if they were municipal electoral commissions.

He also said that more than 118 electoral authorities in the structures at all levels have participated in the a long process of training.

According to the CEN vice president, the updating of the list of electors concluded today and the information will be processed until tomorrow to present the definitive lists to the municipal electoral commissions on March 5 at the latest.

Besides, they worked restlessly to print the ballot papers, which had been already taken to the different municipalities, he told the news agency Prensa Latina.

The official recalled that as two votes would be held on March 11, two kinds of ballot papers will be available at the electoral colleges, a green ballot paper to vote for the deputies tyo the National Assembly of the People’s Power and a white ballot paper to vote for the delegates to the provincial assemblies. There will be also two ballot boxes properly identified.

(Prensa Latina)