Argentina successfully debuted its new single paper ballot in Sunday’s election, marking a victory for President Javier Milei, who spearheaded efforts for the new, massively overhauled and pro-transparency electoral system.

For decades, until Sunday’s midterm legislative elections, Argentina used a complex ballot system that had its roots in early 20th century electoral reforms. The old system , codified into law after the country’s return to democracy in the 1980s, required that each Argentine political party, using public funding, design, print, and distribute individual ballots for their respective candidates in voting stations.

An Argentine voter, upon verifying his or her identity to the station’s electoral authorities, was given an empty signed envelope be

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