A few minutes after the close of the elections, there was still a crowd of people in the polling stations.
At around 5 pm, the polling stations began with the closing of the polls after an election day marked by the influx of Salvadorans who took to the streets to vote.
Members of the 8,451 polling stations are preparing to start counting votes while the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) resets the system to begin transmitting preliminary data.
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Despite the delay in the opening of polling stations the elections took place with little irregularity. Meanwhile, in the afternoon, a few minutes after the closing of the JRV, there is still a large influx of Salvadorans seeking to cast their vote.
The Supreme Electoral Court has reported that the system will begin recording data from 3 acts recorded for each Vote Receiving Board. He adds that it is a secure counting system that is activated with five keys in the hands of the magistrates of the polling station who are responsible for setting up the database.