Notes on Single Ballot. Contributions for a Political and Legal Debate on Electoral Reform Processes in Argentina

Abstract

The present document asks if it is necessary to modify the voting instrument used to express the will of the voter to strengthen the quality and transparency of the electoral processes. It inquires about the voting system that guarantees access to the entire electoral offer, and if this is only possible in one way; If it is true that leveling the “playingfield” between political parties by equating the conditions of competition only depends on the voting system.
Before each national election the specter of fraud stirs. The stories of the alleged theft of ballots in the polling places continue, the main concern of those who promote the single ballot. The electoral results show that this is not verified in the results of the elections.
When analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of the single paper ballot, it turns out that its design is decisive in avoiding voter confusion.
The characteristics of the single paper ballot approved in the Chamber of Deputies of the Nation are analyzed.
No cases of electoral fraud have been registered in national elections from 1983 to date. It is concluded that behind the debate for the implemen