LA PAZ, March 22– Bolivia will deploy around 250,000 personnel to ensure transparency and security in the subnational elections scheduled for Sunday, in which more than 7.4 million citizens are eligible to vote.
Carlos Alberto Goitia, a member of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE), told Xinhua that the deployment will cover all nine departments and 340 municipalities, where over 5,400 authorities will be elected for the 2026-2031 term.
The deployment includes more than 200,630 electoral jurors assigned to more than 33,000 polling stations, along with temporary staff, police, military personnel and prosecutors.
Authorities said about 18,000 candidates are running in the elections, reflecting the scale and complexity of the process. Around 17,000 temporary workers will support the preliminary results transmission system to provide early voting trends.
More than 32,000 police officers will be deployed to ensure election security, while the armed forces will offer logistical support.
Voting will begin at 7:00 a.m. local time (1100 GMT) on Sunday under restrictions aimed at maintaining public order. (Namibia Daily News / Xinhua)
