ELECTORAL JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY
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Individual list of voters - In 1955, Law No. 2550 created the individual register of voters, which fixed the voter in the same electoral section and condemned the use of false voter's registration certificates and reissued certificates obtained in a deceitful way, among other frauds. A significant change in the Electoral Code of 1950 was the adoption of a "unique ballot paper." Both were suggestions made by Minister Edgard Costa.

The official ballot paper preserved the freedom and secrecy of vote, facilitated the voting count and helped in the combat against economic power by liberating candidates from excessive expenses with the printing and distribution of ballots.