Citizen Revolution candidate Luisa González on her electoral campaign for the second round of Ecuadorian presidential elections. Photo: Revolución Ciudadana.
The executive secretary of Ecuador’s Citizen Revolution (RC) movement, Andrés Arauz, called upon voters to contribute to maintaining transparency and report potential irregularities during the second round of the presidential elections on April 13.
In a message to the RC supporters and all Ecuadorians on Friday, April 4, Arauz highlighted that due to the ruling of the Constitutional Court of Ecuador regarding the use of mobile phones in the voting centers, voters will be able to use their devices to take pictures of the voting records.
“Everyone can take pictures of the records, as they are key to guarantee transparency,” he said. “Everyone can carry their cell phones to the voting center, and no one can take away their devices, ask for them, or inspect them.”
MILITANCIA RC5
CIUDADANÍA EN GENERALUna vez que la Corte Constitucional ha sentenciado:
👍🏾🧾 TODOS PUEDEN TOMAR FOTOS DE LAS ACTAS. INDISPENSABLE PARA EL CONTROL ELECTORAL.
👍🏾📱 TODOS PUEDEN LLEVAR SUS CELULARES. NADIE PODRÁ QUITARLES, PEDIRLES NI INSPECCIONAR SU CELULAR.…
— Andrés Arauz (@ecuarauz) April 4, 2025
Similarly, “everyone can film military and police personnel, electoral officials, members of the voting tables, and everyone can transmit live if irregularities occur,” he added.
He also stated that everyone can use the Citizen Revolution app to report the results of each table.
The only restriction is that cell phones cannot be used to film the screen of the voting machine while voting.
Moreover, Arauz reminded “the beneficiaries of the last-minute bonds [distributed by the government] that Daniel Noboa’s ministers will no longer be able to ask for a photo of the vote.”
On Thursday, the Constitutional Court of Ecuador decided to maintain the prohibition established by the National Electoral Council (CNE) of not allowing anyone to take photos of the ballot on the voting machine screen.
On April 13, over 13.4 million Ecuadorians will go to the polls to elect a president in a runoff election between the incumbent right-wing President Daniel Noboa and the left candidate Luisa González.
(Telesur)
Translation: Orinoco Tribune
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