Colombia must work to end voting abstention: report

Colombia must work to end voting abstention: report
Mar 11, 2014 posted by Alexandra Jolly

US and Latin American electoral watchdogs recommended on Monday that Colombia take a closer look at the phenomenon of voting abstention during election periods.

The Electoral Oversight Mission (MVE) and the Organization of American States (OAS), recommended that the Colombian authorities should look into the high levels of abstention in the elections and seek solutions to overcome this phenomenon.

According to the Registrar of voters, only 14.3 million, 0r 43.6% of the registered 32.7 million people turned up to vote in the congressional election on Sunday.

The key issue, according to Chilean former minister Jose Antonio Viera-Gallo, is that ”the case in Colombia is that it is among the few countries [in Latin America] with voluntary voting” reported El Universal newspaper.

More:
http://colombiareports.co/colombia-must-work-end-voting-abstention-report/