The company Indra will once again be in charge of the provisional scrutiny of the elections 2023after the National government carry out the corresponding tender. Of Spanish origin, said firm will be in charge of the count of wishes that it will be done once the elections have concluded and that it will only have informational purposes for the population, since the only valid scrutiny is the one carried out by the electoral justice.
The National Electoral Directorate conducted the tender “through a process carried out with high standards of transparency that made it possible to substantially reduce the cost of contracting and incorporate suggestions and recommendations from political parties, the Power of attorneytechnology companies and civil society organizations”, highlighted the Ministry of the Interior from Nationaccording to THAT.
In this sense, the portfolio managed by Edward ‘Wado’ of Peter He recalled that “the preliminary draft of the tender for the provisional count was published one month before the deadline so that the public and interested parties could make observations and suggestions on it.” During that period, 75 suggestions and observations were received from different political parties, technology companies, and civil society organizations.
Within the framework of the bidding process, two offers were presented, “both with the technological quality suitable for carrying out the provisional count.” But finally the tender was awarded to the Spanish company Indra which, with an offer of $6,667,412,627, outperformed its competition, SmartMaticwhich had listed $6,991,568,359, Interior specified in the official statement.
“This is one more step to deepen the transparency and predictability of the process, generating certainty and security in the population, in pursuit of reinforcing an electoral system that is already very robust and very reliable for the population,” stressed the head of the National Electoral Directorate, Marcos Schiavi.
How the 2023 elections will unfold
The Open, Simultaneous and Mandatory Primary presidential elections (PASO) in Argentina will be held on Sunday August 13. While the general They will be on October 22. If a ballot is necessary to define who will be the next head of state from December 10, the date set for the second round was November 29.
