Over two million register for Bolivia elections
September 9th, 2009 - 5:59 am ICT by IANSLa Paz, Sep 9 (Prensa Latina) Nearly 2.5 million voters have registered for the Dec 6 general elections in Bolivia, the National Election Court (CNE) said.
Some 60 percent of the eligible voters in the country are expected to register for the polls till Oct 15, when the process will conclude, CNE president Antonio Costas said Tuesday.
Bolivians living in Argentina, Brazil, Spain and the US can also cast their votes in the respective countries. The voters’ registration in these countries will start Sep 12.
President Evo Morales and Alvaro Garcia of the Movement Towards Socialism party are on list of candidates for president and vice president. Seven other political parties are also in the race.
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