Minister Urrejola gave the go-ahead for the vote: New Zealand is already voting

This afternoon, Foreign Affairs Minister Antonia Urezola, The Constitution allowed for a referendum with the first opening in all schedules Coordinated poll recipients in Auckland, New Zealand.

around 16:00 from ChileThe first table was opened abroad, which would receive votes in favor of approval or rejection in a referendum on the Magna Carta proposal prepared by the Constitutional Convention.

Thus, Luz Parra was one of the first to vote In Auckland, New Zealand. The voter register of those authorized to vote abroad is more than 97,000 people, distributed in 64 countries, according to the Foreign Relations Office.

“When it’s 4pm in Santiago on September 3rd, it’s 8am in New Zealand, the polls are open in Auckland and Wellington, and actually the first person has voted in Auckland”, he said. Foreign Minister Urejola.

In addition, the Secretary of State added, “Obviously this is a very exciting moment, we celebrate the fact that Chileans abroad have the right to vote since 2017, the eighth process of voting abroad.”

In the same way, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that this is “the second referendum, we are very excited because basically what we are celebrating is the beginning of the Chilean constitutional referendum process. Then the polls will open in Australia, and then we’ll continue in Asia, Europe, Africa And finally the last schedule to open in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle”.

Among the officers present were, in addition, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Servel, Andres Tagle, and Carmen Gloria Valladares, Reporting Secretary (Driesal) of the Electoral Qualifications Tribunal.

“A report on the constitution of the table will be prepared in a few hours. I would like to call on all voters who can vote quietly And an invitation to the members and proxies of the table that they treat each other with respect, attend on duty”, emphasized who presides over the serval.

Along the same lines, the Driesel representative indicated that he approved of it “Very excited about this processThey point to the complete peace of mind of the Electoral Court for electors of the National Territory and those in this Territory (New Zealand) who have already begun their civic duty to exercise their right to vote. Already ready to receive Over 38,000 Minutes of Schedules”.

Article 142 of the current Basic Charter – which enabled the constitutional process – states that voting is compulsory for those who are electorally domiciled in Chile; On the other hand, it will be voluntary for overseas voters.