Era un domingo, pero no un domingo cualquiera. Era el domingo de votación en Argentina. Se elegian a los candidatos que nos iban a representar para la eleccion final para elegir presidente y otros cargos en el mes de octubre por los siguientes cuatro años. Estas llamadas P.A.S.O. (Primarias Abiertas Simultaneas y Obligatorias) se llevo a cabo en un hermoso día de domingo.
Por suerte en la provincia de Buenos Aires no se desdoblaron las elecciones, haciendolas coincidir con la fecha final de eleccion ya que en otros años esto no sucedio y recuerdo que debimos ir a votar 5 veces en menos de 6 meses años atras, lo cual fue agotador.
It was a Sunday, but not just any Sunday. It was voting Sunday in Argentina. The candidates who were going to represent us were chosen for the final election to elect president and other positions in the month of October for the following four years. These calls P.A.S.O. (Simultaneous and Compulsory Open Elementary) was held on a beautiful Sunday.
Luckily in the province of Buenos Aires the elections were not unfolded, making them coincide with the final date of the election, since in other years this did not happen and I remember that we had to go to vote 5 times in less than 6 months years ago, which was exhausting.
Arrancamos el día con un buen desayuno. A la espera de mi orden para viajar todos juntos en mi auto, todos íbamos a votar al mismo colegio, salvo mi madre que al ser extranjera, voto en un colegio distinto.
En el caso mío, de mis dos hermanos y de mi padre, nos toco un lindo colegio en el barrio de Marcos Sastre, a unos kilómetros de donde esta la casa de mis padres.
Al llegar vemos el siempre precioso parque que esta enfrente del colegio, que a decir verdad, cada dia esta mas lindo 😍.
We start the day with a good breakfast. While waiting for my order to all travel together in my car, we were all going to vote at the same school, except my mother who, being a foreigner, voted at a different school.
In the case of me, my two brothers and my father, we got a nice school in the Marcos Sastre neighborhood, a few kilometers from where my parents' house is.
When we arrive we see the always beautiful park that is in front of the school, which to tell the truth, is more beautiful every day 😍.
Deje el auto a una cuadra y al ir caminando por las hermosas plazas comienzo a notar un gran tumulto de gente en la puerta del colegio donde votábamos. Al ver esto lo único que rogaba es que no sea nuestra mesa la que esta retrasada...peroooo...al averiguar cual era la fila que nos correspondía era la fila que estaba retrasada 😩. La mesa 541 era la única que no avanzaba. Por mi no había problema, pero mi padre es una persona mayor de 70 años y no estaba bueno que estuviera parado tanto tiempo, asi que nos turnamos con mis hermanos para hacer la fila mientras con mi padre nos sentamos en la plaza.
I left the car one block away and as I walked through the beautiful squares I began to notice a great crowd of people at the door of the school where we voted. When I saw this, the only thing I was praying for was that our table was not the one that was late... but... when we found out which row corresponded to us, it was the row that was late 😩. Table 541 was the only one not advancing. For me there was no problem, but my father is a person over 70 years old and it was not good that he was standing for so long, so we took turns with my brothers to line up while my father and I sat in the square.
Habiamos llegado a las 11 de la mañana, crei que era un tiempo bueno para ir a votar pero al ver la fila que seguia creciendo, me di cuenta que no era nuestro mejor dia para votar 😅.
Ya eran las 13 horas y la fila daba la vuelta a la cuadra, por suerte si esto avanzaba, nos tocaba entrar a nosotros primeros, pero la desinformacion era preocupante. Los policias no sabian que decirnos, las autoridades decian que habia un problema con una de las urnas y debian hacer un acta, otras personas decian que aprovecharon para ir a comer algo, y tambien otras autoridades nos decian por lo bajo que fueron al baño...😩. Mientras esperabamos que avanzara algo la fila, teniamos hermosas charlas con mi padre y mis hermanos en la plaza.
We had arrived at 11 in the morning, I thought it was a good time to vote but when I saw the queue that kept growing, I realized that it was not our best day to vote 😅.
It was already 1:00 p.m. and the line went around the block, luckily if this progressed, we would have to go in first, but the misinformation was worrying. The police did not know what to tell us, the authorities said that there was a problem with one of the ballot boxes and they had to make a report, other people said that they took the opportunity to go eat something, and other authorities also told us because of how low they went to the bathroom. ..😩. While we waited for the line to advance a bit, we had beautiful talks with my father and my brothers in the square.
Despues de mas de 2 horas y media de esperar afuera, por fin nuestra mesa se restablecio y volvio a la normalidad! 🤗. Por supuesto que pasamos todos, felices!. Al entrar pensabamos que la fila se habia acabado pero....noooooo!!! 😮. Adentro habia otra fila mas para hacer! 😭. Pero bueno, hay qeu verle el lado positivo, el dia estaba precioso y por lo menos la gente ya estaba votando.
After more than 2 and a half hours of waiting outside, our table was finally reset and back to normal! 🤗. Of course we all passed, happy! When we entered we thought that the queue had ended but... noooooo!!! 😮. Inside there was another row to do! 😭. But hey, you have to see the positive side, the day was beautiful and at least people were already voting.
Mientras esperaba mi turno para votar, me pegue una vuelta por el colegio y note los cambios que habia en el como por ejemplo el segundo piso que no existia hace 2 años. Es muy bonito ver como el colegio donde uno estudio va progresando, y esas salas o patios en la cual antes jugabamos, ahora son salones o nuevas oficinas 🤗.
While I was waiting my turn to vote, I walked around the school and noticed the changes that had been made in it, such as the second floor that did not exist 2 years ago. It is very nice to see how the school where one studies is progressing, and those rooms or patios in which we used to play, are now classrooms or new offices 🤗.
Paso mas de 30 minutos y seguiamos en la fila. Que estaba pasando? 🤔. Porque la fila avanzaba a paso de tortuga?. Tal vez habria mucho corte de boleta?. Paso algo dentro el cuarto oscuro?. Ya despues de 3 horas haciendo la fila empezabamos a perder la paciencia...
More than 30 minutes passed and we were still in line. What was happening? 🤔. Why was the line advancing at a snail's pace? Maybe there would be a lot of ticket cutting? Did something happen in the dark room? After 3 hours queuing we began to lose patience...
Llego mi turno!!!. Por fin pude entrar al cuarto oscuro y elegir a mis candidatos. Habia muchisimas boletas. Siempre te agarra ese temor de no saber en donde se encuentra lo que buscas y queres salir lo mas rapido posible del cuarto para los que estan detras tuyo puedan votar e irse a sus casas!
It's my turn!!! I was finally able to enter the dark room and choose my candidates. There were many tickets. You are always gripped by that fear of not knowing where what you are looking for is and you want to get out of the room as quickly as possible so that those behind you can vote and go home!
Y despues de casi 4 horas logramos terminar de votar todos!!! 🤗
Retomamos el camino hacia el auto, disfrutamos del parque, sus juegos, sus canchas, de un hermoso y caluroso dia. Ahora era turno de volver lo mas rapido a casa a preparar un rico asado y esperar a los resultados de la votacion a la tarde.
And after almost 4 hours we all managed to finish voting!!! 🤗
We return to the road to the car, we enjoy the park, its games, its courts, a beautiful and hot day. Now it was time to return home as quickly as possible to prepare a delicious barbecue and wait for the results of the vote in the afternoon.
Bueno mis amigos, esta fue mi aventura en estas ultimas elecciones que se realizaron en mi pais. En el mes de octubre es la eleccion final, la que define quien sera el proximo presidente de Argentina. Lo unico que espero es que no nos toque 4 horas para poder votar...😅.
Saludos!!!
Well my friends, this was my adventure in these last elections that were held in my country. In the month of October is the final election, the one that defines who will be the next president of Argentina. The only thing I hope is that we don't have 4 hours to vote...😅.
Greetings!!!
