Ecuador's Constitutional Court upholds ban on cell phone use during second-round voting

By Ana María Cañizares and Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español Ecuador's Constitutional Court upheld the National Electoral Council's (CNE) ruling prohibiting the use of cell phones or mobile devices to take photos or videos during the April 13 presidential runoff, according to the institution's ruling published Thursday. After reviewing a challenge to the CNE's measure, which argued that the ban would be unconstitutional because it would violate ri…

Those who use their cell phone during the second round of elections, on Sunday, April 13, will be punished. The members of the Vote Receiving Board (JRV) will be in charge of handing out a ballot to record the violation. The entry Presidential second round: This will be the ballot that those who use cell phones at the time of the vote will receive first in Teleamazonas.

The Constitutional Court validated the prohibition of the use of cell phones during the April 13 votes. With this, the resolution of the National Electoral Council and the protocol to comply with the measure will enter into force. In NotiMundo Estelar, Aldrin Gómez, a constitutional lawyer, described as confusing the pronouncement of the judges, and considered that the sentence “leaves in limbo” the restriction to a few days of the balloting. Th…

Quito, 3 Apr (Prensa Latina) The Constitutional Court (CC) of Ecuador today decided to maintain the prohibition established by the National Electoral Council (CNE) on the use of cell phones during the second round of elections on April 13. The post Corte of Ecuador maintains a ban on cell phones during the vote first appeared on Noticias Prensa Latina.

On Thursday, April 3, in the vicinity of the Attorney General's Office, attorney Nicolás Díaz presented himself to present an additional brief in the case on the prohibition of the use of cell phones in upcoming elections. This text indicates that investigations have been carried out in a comparison to 5 countries to determine to what extent the measure approved by the CNE is unconstitutional. Thus, it was found that Ecuador is the only country …