[NYTr] Massive Turnout in Cuba's Municipal Runoff Elections

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Prensa Latina, Havana
http://www.plenglish.com

Cuba Municipal Runoffs Successful

Havana , Oct 29 (Prensa Latina) Cuban electoral authorities termed
successful the municipal runoff elections, with massive participation
of those called to vote.

According to preliminary figures, over one million people over 16 and
with legal capacity to vote cast their ballots in only two hours.

National Electoral Commission (CEN) vice president Ruben Perez stated
in a news conference that figure represents 41.3 percent of over two
million and a half Cubans called to vote last Sunday.

Perez said that polling stations opened at 7:00 local time, further
evidence of the Cuban people's organizing capacity and discipline.

The runoffs were to elect 3,028 delegates to the Municipal Assemblies
of the People's Power, and complete 15,236 who will form those local
government structures.

The electoral machinery was reactivated in 167 of 169 municipalities of
the country, where there was a tie or neither candidate scored 50
percent plus one of the votes.

In the first round, 96.49 percent of 8,176,085 Cubans voted, the CEN
reported.

The electoral law establishes those elected delegates form half of the
14 National and Provincial Assemblies, then the second stage of the
current electoral process, with date still undefined, will be carried
out.

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