a little more than 450,000 Argentines living abroad will be able to vote next Sunday, October 22, in the general elections and they will have to go to the diplomatic headquarters, because the possibility of postal voting was removed in 2021.

In the presidential elections of In 2019, nearly 50 thousand citizens voted in different countries, which made these elections a record in this area: 9 thousand votes were cast by post..

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However, In March 2021, the government repealed the decree authorizing this form of voting abroadstating that to allow this system, the Electoral Code had to be reformed: under his administration, Mauricio Macri had authorized postal voting via a DNU.

For this reason, That year, voter turnout dropped significantly: in the November 2021 general election, only 17,484 overseas residents voted.

This universe of voters, those who have permanent residence in other countries, They can only vote in general elections and are not obliged to do so: for them, the single paper ballot system governs.

Concerning the register of residents abroad, there is a total of 451,200 Argentine citizens able to vote on October 22: two years ago, this figure stood at 409,152.

For these elections there will be 302 tables in 137 diplomatic and consular representations in 86 countries.

According to the data consulted Argentinian news, The three countries with the highest concentration of Argentine voters are Spain, the United States and Italy..

In the Iberian country there are 114,825 citizens registered and authorized to vote: has 47,058 Argentines had the Barcelona consulate as their voting location.

In the North American power, they are 101,388 registered voters and 35,811 of them will be able to exercise their right at the Miami Consulate.

Meanwhile, Italy, with 23,797 Argentine voters, third on the podium and displaced from Brazil, where there are 22,068 national voters.

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Other countries with a large Argentine diaspora are Paraguay (20,976), Uruguay (20,611), Chile (20,253), Israel (14,184), Mexico (12,645), Germany (11,500), Bolivia (10,450), Canada (9,616), United Kingdom United (7,427), Peru (6,480), Australia (6,339) and France (6,252).

Each voter will vote in the constituency in which they last resided.. In this sense, the Buenos Aires abroad account for the largest number (164,339)followed by Buenos Aires (141,114) and the Córdoba (30,411).

Behind them are Mendoza (29,994), Santa Fe (27,555), Entre Ríos (6,774), Misiones (6,554), Tucumán (5,770), Salta (4,601), San Juan (4,023), Río Negro (3,769), Formosa (3,493). ), Corrientes (3,202), Chaco (2,863), Chubut (2,597), Neuquén (2,695), Jujuy (2,282), San Luis (1,879), Santiago del Estero (1,508), La Pampa ( 1,384), Santa Cruz (1,057). ), Tierra del Fuego (894), Catamarca (630) and La Rioja (551).