LAW NO. 20,183 AMENDS LAW NO. 18,700, CONSTITUTIONAL ORGANIC ON POPULAR VOTES AND VOTES, IN ORDER TO RECOGNIZE THE RIGHT TO ASSISTANCE IN THE ACT OF VOTING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES Having present that the Congress National has given its approval to the following bill originating in a motion by Deputy Minister Alejandra Sepulveda Orbenes and Deputies Pedro Araya Guerrero, Carlos Olivares Zepeda and Pablo Lorenzini Basso and former Deputies Waldo Mora Longa and Patricio Cornejo Vidaurrazaga Bill: Single article.-Enter the following amendments to the Law No. 18,700, Constitutional Organic on Popular Voting and Scrutiny: 1.-In Article 61: a) Replace the third paragraph with the following: " With all, persons with disabilities that prevent or hinder them exercise the right to vote, may be accompanied to the table by another person who is of senior age, and shall be entitled to opt to be assisted in the act of voting. In case of doubt as to the nature of the disability of the suffragette, the president shall consult the vowels to take his final decision. "(b) Add the following final point:" If they choose to be assisted, the persons with disability shall communicate orally, by sign language or in writing to the president of the bureau, that a person of his or her confidence, of age and without distinction of sex, shall enter the secret chamber with her, not being able to be the person or any other person hinder or hinder the exercise of the right to be assisted. The secretary of the bureau shall record the fact of the vote and the identity of the suffragette and his assistant. ' 2.-The following amendments shall be made to the second indent of Article 64: (a) Following the substantive "minute", add a comma (,) and sentence "except persons with disabilities, who may employ a reasonable time", and b) Replace the phrase "invalid and sick" by "persons with disabilities". 3.-Add the following final point in Article 65: " By treating persons with disabilities who do not exercise their right to vote, the president of the bureau shall, at the request of the elector, assist him in bending and closing with the stamp He or she will perform outside of the chamber. This should be recorded in the minutes. At all times the bureau president shall keep the secret of the vote of the person to whom he attends. "4.-Intercalase in the first paragraph of Article 113, following the point followed (.), and before the word" shall ", the following text: " They will also ensure that persons with disabilities, as well as those who accompany them to assist them in voting, have expeditious and adequate access to the respective polling place. Access shall not be prevented from any person who is attending a polling place as an assistant to another with a disability, not even on the pretext of a sex distinction. " 5.-Enter the following amendments to Article 132: (a) Replace, in number 7), the letter "and" and the comma (,) which is preceded by a semicolon (;); (b) Substitute, in number 8), the final point by the letter "and", preceded by a comma (,), and (c) Add the following number 9): " 9) The following amendments to Article 136 shall be hindered or maliciously hindered or made difficult by the exercise of the right to vote for a person with disabilities. " 6. (a) Replace, in number 7), the letter "and" and the comma (,) which is preceded by a semicolon (;); (b) Substitute, in number 8), the final point by the letter "and", preceded by a comma (,), and (c) Add the following number 9): " 9) surprised by the pressure on a disabled voter, or the person who serves him as an assistant. "7.-To be referred to in the first paragraph of Article 137, the sentence" unless it is an invalid or non-sighted voter "," except in the case of disabled persons who have chosen to be assisted in the act of voting, with the exception of cases of flagrant crime. " Having complied with the provisions of Article 93, No. 1, of the Political Constitution of the Republic, and because I have had to approve and sanction it; therefore, promulgate and take effect as the Law of the Republic. Santiago, 20 April 2007.-MICHELLE BACHELET, President of the Republic.-Belisario Velasco Baraona, Minister of the Interior.-Clarisa Hardy Raskovan, Minister of Planning. What I transcribe to you for your knowledge.-Salute atte. Mr Felipe Harboe Basquunan, Deputy Minister for the Interior. Constitutional Court Bill amending Law No. 18,700, |! | Constitutional Organic on Popular Votes |! |and Ballots, In Order To Recognize The |! |right to assistance in the act of voting |! |for persons with The Secretary of the Constitutional Court, who |! |subscribes, certifies that the Honorable Chamber of Deputies |! |sent the bill enunciated in the rubric, approved |! |by the National Congress, in order that this Court |! constitutionality control with respect to |! |the entire project. Role No 745-07-CPR. He stated: That the unique article, Nºs. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, of the |! |submitted project is constitutional. That the unique article, No. 1, letters a and b, of the |! |submitted project is constitutional in the understanding that |! |the president of the table receiving suffrages |! |respective can only authorize that an elector be |! |assisted in the act of voting in chamber secret when your |! |disability is such an entity that prevents you from performing |! |such act autonomously. Rafael Larraín Cruz, Secretary.