First Overseas Votes Arrive in Panama
Panama, Mar 21 (Prensa Latina) The Election Court reported that the first votes cast by Panamanians residing abroad arrived in the country, as part of the process prior to the May 3 general elections.
According to the institution, two ballots from the United States and Ecuador arrived in the country and were placed in a special ballot box of acrylic.
A commission will be visit the facilities of the National Post Office to collect the votes arriving in the country, which will placed in the ballot box every night.
The initial phase of the process included sending the ballots to other countries, where some 1,706 Panamanians have registered to vote. The ballots will be received until the very day of elections (May 3).
The Election Court will set up a special vote-counting board to receive and count the votes cast by Panamanian living abroad, who will elect the president, the vice president and 623 deputies.
They will also elect 75 mayors, 71 legislators at the National Assembly, 20 Deputies to the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN) and seven council people, and their substitutes.
