The plenary of National Election Jury (JNE) approved, through the Resolution No. 0137-2022-JNEthe definitive electoral register that will be used in the Regional and Municipal Elections of October 2 of this year, within the term established by the electoral schedule set for this process.
The padrón includes 24,759,909 eligible voters throughout the country and to this figure is added 153 foreign citizens, over 18 years of age, residents for more than two continuous years prior to the election, who are registered with Reniec to participate only in the municipal elections this year.
Pursuant to article 7 of the Law No. 26864, Municipal Election Lawforeigners are empowered to elect and be elected, except in border municipalities, as long as they are duly registered in the corresponding registry.
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For the approval of this definitive register, the National Directorate of Control and Electoral Processes of the JNE Previously, it carried out an exhaustive and intense work of inspection of the list of the initial voter registry and the preliminary voter registry sent by the National Registry of Identification and Civil Status (Renieck).
Such field work consisted of contrasting the information received from the registration body and detecting whether they actually reside in their areas, among other data. Then he JNE referred to Renieck observations so that they can be corrected by this entity.
The inspection of electoral register It is carried out in compliance with the constitutional mandate in order to verify the legality in the preparation of electoral rolls.
