Career
He oversaw changes to the electoral statutes that effectively brought the vote to the masses, leading to the critical – if highly controversial – presidential election of December 1931, when Sánchez Cerro defeated Victor Raúl Haya de la Torre. Instrumental in his appointment was his reputation and high prestige among politicians of all factions. Ocampo entered politics at an early age, joining the
This he did by drafting a special committee composed of the likes of, among others, Luis East. Valcárcel, Jorge Basadre Grohmann and Luis Alberto Sanchez.
The committee established the secret ballot system and introduced provisions for the representation of minorities in the electoral system.
The committee also introduced technological innovations to the electoral system, ridding it of the many redundancies.