On March 27, the referendum will be held against the 135 articles of the Law of Urgent Consideration that different social and civil movements called with the collection of more than 800,000 signatures nationwide.
We tell you here the most basic data to take into account for the mandatory election day:
Voting Hours: Voting hours will be from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Those who wish to make room for the appeal will pronounce themselves “Yes” using a pink sheet, which will have the national coat of arms printed in black ink, the expression “SI” (the two letters in capital letters and without accents) prominently, the legend “I vote for YES the referendum resource against 135 articles of Law No. 19,889 of July 9, 2020” and the date of the referendum act.
Those who wish not to make room for the appeal will pronounce themselves “NO”. using a light blue sheet, which will have the national coat of arms printed in black ink, the expression “NO” (the two letters in capital letters) prominently, the legend “Vote for NO the referendum resource against 135 articles of Law No. 19 .889 of July 9, 2020” and the date of the referendum act.
Blank vote: Votes whose envelopes do not contain voting sheets for the act being held will be considered blank votes.
These votes will constitute a valid vote and they will be considered NO votes.
Annulled Vote: It will be considered an annulled vote when they appear inside an envelope:
– voting sheets for YES and NO
– ballot sheets accompanied by foreign objects
– Voting sheets scratched, tested or with tears or folds that by their entity denote the intention of the voter to identify their vote
– three or more identical sheets.
These votes will not be valid and they will not count for YES or NO.
No Vote Justifications: The deadline for submitting applications will be from March 29 to April 27, 2022.
The justification management will be done on the website of the Electoral Court.
As long as they are reliably proven, the following points will be well-founded reasons for not complying with the obligation to vote:
1- Suffer from illness, disability or physical impossibility that prevents him from attending the Vote Receiving Commission on the day of the election.
May be submitted:
– Medical certificate (if it is issued by a private institution, it must be accompanied by a professional stamp)
– Certificate issued by a care or asylum establishment.
In these cases, the respective processing may be carried out by the same institution individually or collectively.
two- Being out of the country on Election Day
People who are outside the country on the day of the election may justify it by any means of documentary evidence stating the date of departure and entry into the country, such as a certificate from the National Directorate of Immigration, a stamped passport or tickets that prove said extremes. ; proof of work abroad; or others of a similar nature.
The term to carry out the justification for this reason will be 30 days from the date of entry into Uruguay.
Persons residing abroad must go to the nearest Uruguayan consular office within twenty days before and within twenty days after the election to prove that they are abroad, drawing up the corresponding minutes, which the consuls must send to the Electoral Court within twenty days following its issuance, also delivering to the interested party, an authenticated copy.
3- Being unable to attend the Vote Receiving Commission for reasons of force majeure.
People who invoke reasons of force majeure must establish what they are and prove them by means of documentary evidence.
Fines: Persons authorized to vote who have not paid or justified their omission must pay the fine, the amount of which will be equivalent to that of a readjustable unit and will be doubled when the omissions are public officials or have the quality of professionals with titles issued by the University of the Republic. The payment of the fines will be processed on the website of the Electoral Court.
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All the information provided above was taken from the website of the Electoral Court.
