More than 100,000 police and soldiers were deployed to help protect the vote, amid an election that has already seen the assassination of a leading candidate earlier this month.
Supporters attend an open-air Mass during the closing campaign rally of the"Movement Construye" party in Quito, Ecuador, on Thursday.
Traffic was unusually heavy Sunday along two main roads that lead to a number of voting centers in central Guayaquil, including one at the university where Pérez voted. Pérez has been robbed twice in public transit buses and doesn't think any of the candidates will fix the country's social problems."I don't think anyone is going to change anything. On Monday, one will still have to go work to support one's family," he said.
The election was called after President Guillermo Lasso, a conservative former banker, dissolved the National Assembly by decree in May to avoid being impeached over allegations that he failed to intervene to end a faulty contract between the state-owned oil transport company and a private tanker company. He decided not to run in the special election.
Trailing González, the only female presidential candidate, were millionaire Jan Topic, whose promise of heavy-handed tactics against criminals earned him the nickname"Ecuadorian Rambo"; and Otto Sonnenholzner, who led part of the country's response to the pandemic while serving as the third vice president during the administration of President Lenín Moreno.
Voting is mandatory in Ecuador for people ages 18 through 64. Those who don't comply face a fine of about $45.
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