exercise your right to vote it can bring you some benefits as a citizen. Next March 13 will be the first elections of the year to elect congressmen.
(Read: Voting jurors 2022: How to know if they chose you?).
With your voting certificate you will be able to take precedence in the case of obtaining a tie in the results of the entrance exams to public or private institutions of higher education, according to the National Registry.
You can also get the discount of one month in the time of provision of the service compulsory military service in case of being a soldier or auxiliary high school graduate and two months if he is a peasant or regular soldier.
Along with this, you will have benefits in the award of educational scholarshipsrural properties and housing subsidies offered by the State in cases of equality of conditions strictly established in an open contest.
If you are a student at an official institution of higher education, you can obtain a discount from the 10% on registrationaccording to article 1 of Law 815 of 2003.
Also a 10% discount on the value of the passport issuance request during the 4 years following the vote. You can also apply for a discount of the same percentage in the initial process and issuance of duplicates of the military book or the ID.
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Next to it, there is the cremunerated compensatory which was established in article 3 of Law 403 of 1997. To make it effective, the electoral certificate must be presented to the respective employer and the rest day specified 30 days after the elections.
On the other hand, in accordance with Article 105 of the Electoral Code, those who were chosen as voting jurors for this day, have the right to a day of paid compensatory rest, which can be made effective before the respective bosses within 45 days following the date of the elections.
These periods of rest time are cumulativethat is, those who were voting juries and also exercised their right to vote, will have the right to a day and a half of paid compensation, which must be specified with their employer in accordance with the provisions of the electoral code.
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This benefit applies to workers who are hired under fixed-term contracts, indefinite, or any type of employment contract.
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