Cuatro décadas de elecciones ininterrumpidas: un repaso por la estabilidad de las reglas electorales a nivel subnacional

Abstract

During the following four decades since the return of democracy in Argentina, an attempt was made to institutionalize and give political parties the hierarchy they deserve as fundamental organizations of the democratic regime. Their rights were recognized  and the State began to contribute to their financing, but regulations were also issued aimed at their democratization and  transparency, seeking to restore the relationship with a citizenry that is quite distrustful of them. With the debate on whether or not  to suspend the open, simultaneous and mandatory primary elections (PASO) at the national level, this article seeks to review the  stability of the electoral rules at the subnational level that have accompanied the process of reestablishment and consolidation of  democracy. In order to carry out such analysis we will take the cases of the Double Simultaneous Vote and the open primaries  system, since both electoral systems also determined the way in which political parties had to select their candidates to run for  office.