TheCubanAmericanMafia
23-10-2007, 19:46
The photographs and biographies of the candidates for Cuba's October 21 local elections have been posted in public places this weekend in voting districts in all of the country's 169 municipalities.
The candidates have been choosen democratically in neighborhood electoral commisions in public by a show of hands.
Candidates do not have to be party members, they can belong to many diffrent revolutionary organizations of the people, like The Neighborhood Committees for the Defense of the Revolution, Young Pioners, Workers Unions Organizations, ect, ect, ect.
This step in Cuba 's electoral process gives voters an opportunity to learn more about the candidates to help them make their choice for the best representative.
More than 37,000 nominees are competing throughout the country with a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 8 candidates per voting district.
A candidate must receive 50 percent plus 1 vote to be elected. If no candidate in a given district gets such a majority on the first round of voting, a second run off election will take place on October 28.
At least 97.59 % of the 8,376,234 elegible voters cast their ballots
• 8,174,350 citizens go to the polls to elect their People’s Power delegates, according to preliminary information.
MORE than 8,174,350 Cubans exercised their right to vote on Sunday, October 21, choosing their delegates to the Municipal Assemblies of People’s Power, a figure that represents the equivalent of 97.59 % of voters.
In a press conference on Monday, María Esther Reus, president of the National Electoral Commission, said that those preliminary figures could become higher. She added that on Sunday the 28th, there would be a second round of voting in the 2,971 voting districts where none of the candidates received more than 50% of the vote.
She added that in this election, 12,265 citizens were elected as delegates; 3,288 are women, which is 26.81%; 2,053 are young people, which is 16.74%; and 5,776 of acting delegates were re-elected, a figure of 47.09%.
The likewise minister of justice described elections in Cuba as a mass event, given the active, enthusiastic and disciplined participation of the population. She also highlighted the level of preparation and security of the entire process.
Even in the eastern provinces, she noted, where the heavy rainfall affected communications and access, the elections went smoothly thanks to the search for alternative ways of meeting those challenges.
Reus explained that the final results of this first round would be provided soon, because they were yet to be reconciled against official, public and computerized voter information.
In the name of the National Electoral Commission, she congratulated the entire people, the 190,000 people designated as electoral authorities and those who worked as auxiliary personnel at every level, and with their efforts guaranteed that once again, Cuba’s elections were held with transparency and democracy.
Responding to questions from foreign reporters, María Esther Reus noted that one-third of the candidates nominated by the people were not members of the Communist Party of Cuba, and that party membership is not a requirement for being nominated.
In response to another question, she explained that religious affiliation is also not recorded, because any Cuban man or woman, regardless of their religious beliefs, may be elected as a People’s Power delegate.
All winning and nominated candidates are pro government, opposition candidates none 0, I need to take care of some government mafia business will be back later.
Everyone talks about the IntransigentCuban American Mafia of Miami but no one ever talks about the intransigent Cuban government Mafia privileged governing elite.
The candidates have been choosen democratically in neighborhood electoral commisions in public by a show of hands.
Candidates do not have to be party members, they can belong to many diffrent revolutionary organizations of the people, like The Neighborhood Committees for the Defense of the Revolution, Young Pioners, Workers Unions Organizations, ect, ect, ect.
This step in Cuba 's electoral process gives voters an opportunity to learn more about the candidates to help them make their choice for the best representative.
More than 37,000 nominees are competing throughout the country with a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 8 candidates per voting district.
A candidate must receive 50 percent plus 1 vote to be elected. If no candidate in a given district gets such a majority on the first round of voting, a second run off election will take place on October 28.
At least 97.59 % of the 8,376,234 elegible voters cast their ballots
• 8,174,350 citizens go to the polls to elect their People’s Power delegates, according to preliminary information.
MORE than 8,174,350 Cubans exercised their right to vote on Sunday, October 21, choosing their delegates to the Municipal Assemblies of People’s Power, a figure that represents the equivalent of 97.59 % of voters.
In a press conference on Monday, María Esther Reus, president of the National Electoral Commission, said that those preliminary figures could become higher. She added that on Sunday the 28th, there would be a second round of voting in the 2,971 voting districts where none of the candidates received more than 50% of the vote.
She added that in this election, 12,265 citizens were elected as delegates; 3,288 are women, which is 26.81%; 2,053 are young people, which is 16.74%; and 5,776 of acting delegates were re-elected, a figure of 47.09%.
The likewise minister of justice described elections in Cuba as a mass event, given the active, enthusiastic and disciplined participation of the population. She also highlighted the level of preparation and security of the entire process.
Even in the eastern provinces, she noted, where the heavy rainfall affected communications and access, the elections went smoothly thanks to the search for alternative ways of meeting those challenges.
Reus explained that the final results of this first round would be provided soon, because they were yet to be reconciled against official, public and computerized voter information.
In the name of the National Electoral Commission, she congratulated the entire people, the 190,000 people designated as electoral authorities and those who worked as auxiliary personnel at every level, and with their efforts guaranteed that once again, Cuba’s elections were held with transparency and democracy.
Responding to questions from foreign reporters, María Esther Reus noted that one-third of the candidates nominated by the people were not members of the Communist Party of Cuba, and that party membership is not a requirement for being nominated.
In response to another question, she explained that religious affiliation is also not recorded, because any Cuban man or woman, regardless of their religious beliefs, may be elected as a People’s Power delegate.
All winning and nominated candidates are pro government, opposition candidates none 0, I need to take care of some government mafia business will be back later.
Everyone talks about the IntransigentCuban American Mafia of Miami but no one ever talks about the intransigent Cuban government Mafia privileged governing elite.