Second round of governors: guide for this Sunday’s elections

This Sunday November 24 The second round of governors will take place in 11 regions of the country, where the voting will be compulsory . On this occasion, each voter must go to the same place and same polling station in which he voted on October 26 or 27.

For this, the tables will be activated from 8:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m., However, closing hours may be extended if voters are waiting to vote.

According to the president of the Electoral Service (Servel), Andres Tagle these elections will be simpler than the previous ones. “A very quick vote, very easy withdrawal, and moreover, the control will require much less work from the members of the table than in the past,” he said, referring to the elections of October 26 and 27 where mayors, councilors and governors were elected .

Citizens authorized to vote and registered in one of the following establishments 11 regions are obliged to vote:

• Arica and Parinacota
• Antofagasta
• Atacama
• Coquimbo
• Valparaiso
• Metropolitan
• O’Higgins
• Maulé
• Biobio
• Araucania
• The lakes

At the national level, they will be 22 candidates who will compete to become regional governors. Each voter will receive a ballot with only two possibilities: the gubernatorial candidates who obtained the largest majorities in their region during the last elections in October.

El Servel revealed the facsimiles that each suffragist will receive, an example of which is the following, which shows the candidates from the Metropolitan Region.

To know the candidates from each region, press the button next link .

As provided by law, voters authorized to vote can do so with their identity card (license) or his passport .

Yeah. The voter can go to vote with their expired identity card or passport. for a year during the vote.

The vote must be doubled in the same way as in previous elections, that is:

• Step 1: fold the vote from left to right
• Step 2: fold from bottom to top following the marked lines
• Step 3: bend the cigarette butt and stick the sticker

Yeah. Sunday November 24 will be a public holiday. legal.

As it is a public holiday, shopping centers that operate under the same company name or legal entity – such as shopping centers either band center – will remain farm on election day.

However, companies that operate outside single administration centers will be able to operate . So, for example, if a supermarket is located outside a shopping center or shopping center, it can open its doors to the public.

In the event that a person must work on voting day, You will have the right to be absent from work for a minimum of 3 hours to exercise your right to vote or to excuse yourself. without salary reduction.

Prohibition is the regulation of the sale of alcoholic beverages on Election Day. After the changes processed in Congress regarding the electoral processes, for these elections there will be no dry law.

The law will also not govern future electoral processes. In this way, there will no longer be a ban on the sale of alcoholic beverages during the hours before or after the vote.

Considering that it is obligatory to vote in these elections (for people registered in the 11 regions mentioned above), those who do not exercise their right to vote face fines of up to up to 0.5 monthly tax units (UTM), amount equivalent to $33,280 approximately.

As established by the Organic Law on Popular Votes (Law 18,700 ) Members who effectively exercised their role in October must exercise it again this November 24. They will be compensated by a bonus of 0.66 UF, the equivalent of 25,068 dollars.

Citizens who have been selected as table members and do not show up at the corresponding schools risk fines ranging from $133,122 and $532,488.

According to what is established, there are certain valid apologies that people who are not going to vote can present themselves and thus avoid being fined.

The accepted excuses are as follows:

• Being ill and this condition prevents your transfer to the polling place
• Being absent from the country or at a distance of more than 200 kilometers from the polling place
• Other situations which constitute a serious obstacle, accredited before the local police judge.

On Sunday, the carabinieri will only receive excuses from people who cannot exercise their right to vote because they are at a distance of more than 200 kilometers from their voting location.

To obtain proof, the person must go to the website of Virtual police station enter your Unique Code and complete a form which will provide an alphanumeric code, with which Then, you must go to a police station to complete the process.

It is important that preserve the evidence during his summons before the Local Police Judge.

Apologies for not voting must be presented to the Local police judge. To do this, the voter must wait to be summoned by the Local Police Court and present the supporting documents corresponding to his justification, which will be assessed by the Judge according to his criteria.