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Boundary Delimitation
BD001
Delimitation of constituencies
Question: Are constituencies delimited for election purposes?
Answer:
a . Yes
Comments: Territorial divisions. For electoral purposes, the Nation is divided into:
1. Districts. The Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and each province constitute an electoral district.
2. Sections. Which will be subdivisions of the districts. Each one of the parties, departments of the provinces, constitutes an electoral section. Likewise, each commune into which the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires is divided will be a section. The sections will bear the name of the party or department of the province, or the name of the corresponding commune of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.
3. Circuits, which will be subdivisions of the sections. They will group the voters by reason of the proximity of the domiciles, being enough a polling station to constitute a circuit.
4. In the formation of the circuits, the roads, rivers, streams, and communication routes between towns will be particularly taken into account, trying to shorten the distances between the voters' domicile and the places where the voting stations will operate.
The circuits will be correlatively numbered inside the district.
The National Electoral Chamber will keep a centralized registry of all the electoral divisions of the country.
Source: Electoral Code: “Código Electoral Nacional — Ley 19945”, art. 39: https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/AR/argentina-ley-19945-codigo-electoral-nacional-2019/view
Verified: 2021/12/26
BD003
Criteria for drawing boundaries
Question: On what criteria are the boundaries drawn?
Answer(s):
b . Respecting natural barriers c . Compactness of constituencies d . Conformity with local jurisdiction boundaries e . Geographic size of district
Comments: Districts and Sections are political-administrative boundaries. Circuits take special care of bringing together voters by the closeness of their homes, while having to bear in mind the roads, rivers, watercourses and communication routes in between homes and polling stations. Circuits also try to abbreviate distances between the population nucleus and places where polling stations are going to function.
Source: Electoral Code: “Código Electoral Nacional — Ley 19945”, art. 39: https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/AR/argentina-ley-19945-codigo-electoral-nacional-2019/view
Verified: 2021/12/26
BD005
Body responsible for drawing boundaries
Question: The body responsible for drawing the boundaries is:
Answer(s):
e . Electoral Management Body (EMB) f . A government department or agency
Comments: Districts and Sections are political-administrative boundaries, so they are a legislative matter. Circuits are demarcated by the Ministry of Interior with regard to a well-founded proposal from the corresponding Electoral Judge.
Source: Electoral Code: “Código Electoral Nacional — Ley 19945”, art. 40: https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/AR/argentina-ley-19945-codigo-electoral-nacional-2019/view
Verified: 2021/12/26
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