International monitors arrive ahead of Colombia’s presidential elections
International observers and monitors have arrived in Colombia to assist the country’s...
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Colombia’s presidential elections deliver fastest results in nation’s history: Registrar
Colombia’s first round of presidential elections concluded with the fastest tallying of...
1st round Colombia presidential election results to be announced by 10PM
The head of Colombia’s electoral body announced that the results of the first round of...
Dead people can no longer vote: Colombia’s registrar
Dead people can no longer vote in Colombia, the country’s registrar said Thursday, claiming...
National registrar praises speed, security of Colombian elections
Colombia’s top electoral official praises the speed of vote counting, as well as the successful implementation of biometric identification, in regional elections on Sunday. Registrar Carlos Ariel Sanchez told newspaper...
Colombia to fine absentee election officials
Colombia’s registrar warned citizen observers Tuesday that they could be fined up to nearly $3,000 dollars for not appearing for work on October 30 to oversee election proceedings. For the upcoming elections, 615,085...
National Registry to launch pilot biometric ID program
The Colombian government contributed $5.25 million to the National Registry for a biometric identification pilot program that seeks to prevent identification forgery in the upcoming election, revealed Colombia’s Minister...
Colombian electoral register purged of deceased voters
Colombia’s registrar general said Tuesday four million deceased Colombians have been removed...
Deceased ‘voters’ removed from electoral roll
The names of 800,000 deceased people have been removed from the electoral registry to help create more transparency in the voting process for the October local elections, newspaper El Espacio reported Monday. This is the largest...
