Argentina’s Deputy Chamber approved the use of a single-paper ballot for national elections on Tuesday. The move means that starting with next year’s legislative elections, instead of placing individual ballots for each party Argentines will cast just one with all their favored candidates.

The bill passed with 143 votes in favor and 87 against. 21 deputies were absent from the session, one did not vote and five others abstained from voting. The ruling coalition La Libertad Avanza (LLA) spearheaded the bill, which was supported by the PRO party and other members of the “moderate opposition” like the UCR party and the Innovación Federal bloc. All but one Unión por la Patria Peronist bloc’s deputies voted against it, and the left-wing Frente de Izquierda bloc abstained from voting.

During the session, LLA deputy Nicolás Mayoraz........

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