Chile elections 2021: how much do they pay the board members and what is the fine for not complying

Next Sunday, November 21, one of the elections most important in recent years in Chile. Citizens must go to their voting centers to elect the new President, parliamentarians and regional councilors who will represent them for the next four years. People who do their job of table vowels they will receive a payment and those that do not turn out to vote will have a fine.

And it is that a little less than a month after Chileans go to the polls, it is still not known who will be the ones who will fulfill the role of receiving voters, counting their votes and ensuring that all biosecurity protocols are respected to avoid infections by covid-19. This week the list of table vowels and in the following note we will tell you how much you will receive as a fine for accomplishing this task and the fine for not going to vote.

HOW MUCH DO THE BOARD MEMBERS PAY?

The Electoral Service (Servel) has arranged 233,195 board members ready for the elections of President, parliamentarians and regional councilors. These people will be distributed in 2,811 polling stations that will be in Chile and 113 from abroad. The remuneration that the board members will receive is a bonus equivalent to two thirds of a Development Unit.

In this way, if you were selected as a table member for next Sunday, November 21, you will receive about twenty thousand pesos. Servel It also reported that people who complete this task and were trained in person for the first time will have an additional payment of $ 6,900. It is important to specify that said money will be canceled by the General Treasury of the Republic of Chile.

WHAT IS THE PENALTY FOR NOT ATTENDING TO BE A TABLE VOCAL?

The people who were selected as table vowels and they do not attend to carry out this work on Sunday, November 21, they will be incurring an electoral violation. This offense is sanctioned with a fine for municipal benefit that is equivalent to 2 to 8 Monthly Tax Unit (UTM). That is, they will have to pay $ 105,000 to $ 422,000 approximately.

WHEN IS THE LIST OF TABLE VOCALS PUBLISHED?

The Electoral Service (Servel) announced that this Saturday, October 30, it will publish on its website and in various newspapers, the payroll of table vowels appointed by the Electoral Boards to elect the representative, the President of the Republic will succeed in office, Sebastian Piñera, to the Parliamentarians and Regional Councilors that will be held on November 21.

WHERE DO I VOTE IN THE 2021 ELECTIONS?

Polling places for elections in Chile will be known from this Saturday, October 30, after the Servel publish the list of establishments, board members and the delegates of the premises. Citizens can review their data by entering the website consulta.servel.cl and access by typing the RUT. They will also be able to check the polling place in the same place from the date in question.

HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE?

They are enabled to vote in the next elections about 15,030,963 people, of which 14,959,945 reside in Chile, being 7,288,665 men and 7,671,280 women. There is a total of 71,018 in the register abroad, of which 34,223 are men and 36,795 are women. On the other hand, there are currently some 249,460 people disqualified from voting.

WHO ARE THE CANDIDATES FOR THE PRESIDENCY?

The candidates who are in the race for the Armchair in La Moneda to replace Sebastián Piñera in office are: Gabriel Boric (Social Convergence), Sebastián Sichel (Chile Podemos +), Yasna Provoste (Christian Democracy), Eduardo Artés (Patriotic Union), Marco Enríquez-Ominami (Progressive Party of Chile), José Antonio Kast (Republican Party) and Franco Parisi (Party for the people).