Chile closes ‘mega-election’, which defines governors, mayors and conventional voters

The last day of the conventional constituent elections began in Chile for draft the new national constitution. The elections started yesterday and are also elected for the first time 16 regional governors, 345 mayors (mayors) and 2,240 councilors. From the Chilean executive, they expect a greater participation for today, since this Saturday the standard reached 20.4%.

The trans-Andean country is experiencing a historic day on the second day of the conventional constituent elections, split in two by the second wave of the coronavirus. In this context, the Chileans will designate 155 conventional constituents that they will write a new Carta Maga to replace that of the civic-military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, who ruled the country between 1973 and 1990.

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This Saturday, the elections ended at 6:00 p.m. local time, and law enforcement ensured that the ballot boxes were sealed and safeguarded once the voters list reached the 20.4%, a total of 14.9 million people. Today in the morning, the authorities ensured that these stamps comply with security protocols and in this way they started the second day of voting at 8 a.m.

Voting window will be extended by 10 hours for Chileans to attend 2,700 polling centers, respecting strict health protocols. The national executive has made available 40,000 tables which are guarded by more than 37,000 security agents, including the army and the police.

According to data from the electoral service, the total number of voters called to elect is 14 million in total. From the electoral commission, they explained that the current election “is safer than going to the mall (mall)”.

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Yesterday, the turnout was low, so authorities believe that this Sunday there will be a large influx of Chileans into polling centers. At the same time, they estimate that it will be a long dayAccording to the experts, due to the large number of votes that each citizen must carry out (four categories): his constituent delegate, regional governor, his mayor and the councilor of his commune (district).

After 6 p.m., the end of the elections, the authorities will begin with the counting of the votes, which will first take charge of counting the decision of the Chileans concerning the 155 voters who will write the new Constitution.

Then the vote count will be activated for the 16 regional governors, who will replace the mayors, who have always been elected by the incumbent president. Finally, the votes of mayors and councilors will be counted, so the results should take longer than usual.