National Electoral Council receives signatures from parties until today
The National Electoral Council (CNE for its Spanish acronym) receives until today the affiliations and support signatures of the national and provincial political organizations that want a place in the 2017 elections.
At the moment there are 159 registered political organizations; of which 62 are national (13) and provincial (49), which will be able to nominate candidates for president and vice president of the Republic, national and provincial assembly members, and the Andean Parliament.
Other 97 national and provincial parties requestes the system password to submitt their signatures, but not all have completed this process.
The signatures that are submitted until today will be reviewed and validated by the CNE until August 18.
Source: http://www.eluniverso.com/noticias/2016/07/18/nota/5697237/cne-recibe-hasta-hoy-firmas-agrupaciones