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Voting Operations

Chile Chile

VO003

Electors vote at
Question:Where can electors vote?
Answer(s): a. At a specified polling station in the locality where they are registered at national elections
Comments: Art. 60 - "El elector que concurra a votar deberá hacerlo para todas las elecciones o plebiscitos que se realicen en el mismo acto electoral." - The voter who goes to vote must do so for all elections or plebiscites that are held in the same electoral act.
Source: Electoral Law: “Ley Orgánica Constitucional sobre Votaciones Populares y Escrutinios (2016)”, art. 60 - 62: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/CL/chile-ley-sobre-votaciones-populares-y-escrutinios/
Verified: 2025/04/01
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VO004

Voting outside the country is permitted for
Question:Who can vote from outside the country?
Answer(s): b. Citizens residing outside the country
Comments: The law foresees the participation of Chileans living overseas in presidential primaries, national plebiscites and presidential elections.
Source: Electoral Law: “Ley que regula el derecho a sufragio en el extranjero”: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/CL/chile-ley-no.-20.960-sufragio-en-el-extranjero/ Electoral Law: Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile; “Voto de chilenos en el extranjero (2016)”: http://www.bcn.cl/leyfacil/recurso/voto-de-chilenos-en-el-extranjero
Verified: 2025/04/01
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VO005

Locations for voting outside of the country
Question:If voting outside the country is permitted, at what places?
Answer(s): b. Consulates
f. Other
Comments: Chileans who wish to vote from other countries, must register at their corresponding Consulate —or even before the National Office of Overseas Affairs and International Police of the Investigations’ Police of Chile upon entering or leaving the country.
Source: Electoral Law: “Ley que regula el derecho a sufragio en el extranjero”: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/CL/chile-ley-no.-20.960-sufragio-en-el-extranjero/ Electoral Law: Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile; “Voto de chilenos en el extranjero (2016)”: http://www.bcn.cl/leyfacil/recurso/voto-de-chilenos-en-el-extranjero
Verified: 2025/04/01
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VO011

Voting method
Question:How do electors cast their votes?
Answer(s): a. Manually marking of ballots
Comments: The voter only may mark his/her preference on the ballot, with the black graphite pencil provided, by tracing a vertical line that crosses the horizontal line printed on the left side of the candidate's number or on the option of his/her preference in the case of a plebiscite. Then, the voter will proceed to fold the ballot according to the indications of its creases and must deposit it into the ballot box.
Source: Electoral Law: “Ley Orgánica Constitucional sobre Votaciones Populares y Escrutinios (2016)”, art. 65: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/CL/chile-ley-sobre-votaciones-populares-y-escrutinios/
Verified: 2025/04/01
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