Congress Weighs Stripping Parties of Polling-Station Roles

Published on Honduras Daily · Sep 9, 2026 · Originally reported September 8, 2026 by TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI)

Congress is considering a proposal to strip political parties of the secretary and scrutineer posts at Honduras's roughly 18,000 polling stations, replacing partisan appointees with randomly selected citizens to reduce conflicts of interest during the vote count.

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