Is it mandatory to vote in primary elections in Chile?

This Sunday, June 9, the primary elections in Chile and there are several communes that will participate in this important electoral instance with voters and table vowels defined by the Electoral Boards.

Find out if It is mandatory to vote this Sunday and what will happen if you don’t go to the primary voting locations.

Is it mandatory to vote in the primary elections on June 9 in Chile?

No. Voting for the Primary Elections for Governors, Mayors and Mayors are completely voluntary.

According to Servel itself, you can vote this Sunday, June 9 “All voters who appear on the electoral roll determined for the primary elections and what are the affiliated with the political parties that agreed for Primary Elections and independents”.

Primaries 2024: Everything you need as a voter

For the primarieseach voter will be given a single voting cardHowever, this will depend on whether it is for mayors and/or governors:

Mayors

• One, when only one pact holds primaries. Independents and those affiliated with parties of that pact will vote on that same ballot.
• Three, when two pacts hold primaries in that commune. One card will be for those affiliated with the parties of one pact, another for those affiliated with the parties of the other pact, and a third, also called a single card, will be for the independents.

Regional governors

An ID for each regionin which voters affiliated with the political parties that make up the Chile Vamos pact and independents (Coquimbo and Aysén regions) will be able to vote.

Which pencil should I vote with?

From Servel they detail that “In the Primary Schools, graphite pencils must be used because that is what the legal norm establishes.. The legal reforms that establish – among other points – the use of blue paste pencil to vote, which was legally permitted during the pandemic for health reasons, have not yet been approved and enacted.”.