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IT REGULATES THE EXERCISE OF THE SUFFRAGE OF CITIZENS WHO ARE OUTSIDE THE

Original Language Title: REGULA EL EJERCICIO DEL SUFRAGIO DE LOS CIUDADANOS QUE SE ENCUENTRAN FUERA DEL PAÍS

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LAW NO. 20,748 REGULATES THE EXERCISE OF THE SUFFRAGE OF CITIZENS WHO ARE OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY Having present that the National Congress has given its approval to the following constitutional reform initiative that originated in a Motion of the Honorable Senators Mrs. Isabel Allende Bussi and Messrs Alberto Espina Otero, Hernan Larraín Fernández and Patricio Walker Prieto, and former Senator Mrs. Soledad Alvear Valenzuela. Draft Constitutional Reform: "Single Article.-Intercalase, in Article 13 of the Political Constitution of the Republic, the following third, new, third indent, passing the current third paragraph to be fourth:" Citizens with the right to vote In the elections of President of the Republic and in the national plebiscites, they will be able to vote from abroad in the presidential primary elections, in the elections of President of the Republic and in the national plebiscites. A constitutional organic law will establish the procedure to materialize the registration in the electoral register and regulate the manner in which electoral processes and plebiscites will be carried out abroad, in accordance with the provisions of the in the first and second subparagraphs of Article 18. '; And because I have had to approve and sanction it; therefore, promulgate, take effect as the Law of the Republic and have its provisions incorporated into the Political Constitution of the Republic, in accordance with the provisions of the Article 129 of this constitutional body. Santiago, April 30, 2014.-MICHELLE BACHELET, President of the Republic-Exxima Rincón González, Minister General Secretary of the Presidency.-Rodrigo Penailillo Briceno, Minister of the Interior and Public Security. What I transcribe to you for your knowledge.-Salutes intently to Ud., Patricia Silva Melendez, Deputy Secretary General of the Presidency.