LAW NO. 20,295 AMENDS LAW NO. 18,556, CONSTITUTIONAL ORGANIC ON POPULAR VOTES AND VOTES, TO ALLOW THE VOTE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF CHAITEN IN THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS 2008. National has given its approval to the following Bill: Article 1.-In law No. 18,556, Constitutional Organic on Electoral Enrollments and Electoral Service, the following transitional provisions: " Article 10. voting and counting of voters in the Electoral Constituency of the Chaiten, in the municipal elections of 26 October 2008, shall be held in accordance with the provisions of the following Articles. Article 11.-The Director of the Electoral Service shall determine the seat in which the Electoral Board of the Province of Palena is to be held, while it is unable to do so in the locality of Chaiten; likewise, in the event that some of its members are Unable to meet at the headquarters which it will designate, it will proceed to appoint its replacements. Article 12.-The Director of the Electoral Service shall issue identical duplicates of each of the books containing the Electoral Records of the Chaiten Electoral Constituency and corresponding to the Electoral Registry books Local held by the Electoral Board of the Province of Palena; in the absence of these, it will duplicate the copies that correspond to the Registry of the Electoral Service that are in its power. " Article 2.-Add to the Law No. 18,700, Constitutional Organic on Popular Voting and Scrutiny, the following transitional provisions: " Article 19.-The vote and the scrutiny corresponding to the constituents of the Constituency Election of Chaiten, in the municipal elections of October 26, 2008, will be carried out in accordance with the provisions of the following articles. Article 20.-The Director of the Electoral Service and the Electoral Board of the Province of Palena will have to install ballot-receiving tables corresponding to all the books of Electoral Records of the Electoral Constituency Chaiten, to operate, in parallel, in the localities of Puerto Montt, province of Llanquihue; Castro, province of Chiloé; and Ayacara and Villa Santa Lucia, province of Palena. The electors of the Chaiten Electoral Constituency will therefore be able to vote in any of the above mentioned localities, which is closer to their temporary post-disaster residence. The voting tables referred to in the preceding paragraph shall use the copy of the Local Electoral Register or one of its duplicates issued in accordance with the provisions of Article 12 of Law No. 18,556, as provided for in this Article. Electoral Board. Each of the receiving tables must be equipped with all the electoral tools provided by the law. For these purposes, the mayors of the municipalities corresponding to the localities mentioned in the first paragraph of this article shall be responsible for providing polling places for ballot boxes, secret cameras, tables, chairs and other necessary facilities for the conduct of the election process. The municipalities will also have to install boards or posters in their communes where the candidates running for the election by the Chaiten commune appear to be individualized. The Director of the Electoral Service is expressly empowered to merge the voting tables corresponding to the Chaiten Electoral Constituency, so that each of them will attend to a maximum of 700 entries. Article 21.-The Electoral Board of the Province of Palena shall designate, in accordance with the provisions of Article 52 of this Law, voting premises in the localities of Puerto Montt, province of Llanquihue; Castro, province of Chiloé; Ayacara and Villa Santa Lucia, province of Palena; where the voting tables corresponding to the Chaiten Electoral Constituency will operate in parallel. This designation will be carried out after coordination with the Electoral Boards of the provinces of Llanquihue and Chiloé. The Electoral Board of the province of Palena will designate the vowels to be held at the polling stations that correspond to the Chaiten Electoral Constituency, taking into consideration that the appointment will be the responsibility of the members. (i) the right to vote in the case of persons who are temporarily residing or sheltered in each of the localities where the vote will take place. For these purposes, you must have a report on the temporary residence of the voters, drawn up by the mayor of the Los Lagos Region, who must issue it within 15 days, counted from the respective order. Article 22.-The Director of the Electoral Service shall determine the Scrutinizing Colleges to which it is appropriate to carry out the scrutiny of the voting tables of the Chaiten Electoral Constituency that have operated on the day of the elections. elections, and establish the place where they will carry out their duties. Within 20 days of the elections, the Director of the Electoral Service shall review the books of signatures of the voting tables of the Chaiten Electoral Constituency that have worked, in parallel, in the different localities, in order to detect the voters who could have voted two or more times. If any, the complaint must be made to the Public Ministry. " Having complied with the provisions of Article 93 (1) of the Constitution of the Republic 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. 3 October 2008.-MICHELLE BACHELET, President of the Republic.-Edmundo Pérez Yoma, Minister of the Interior. What I transcribe to you for your knowledge.-Salute atte. to Ud., Felipe Harboe Bascunan. Deputy Secretary of the Interior. Constitutional Court Draft law amending Law No. 18,556, Constitutional Organic on Popular Voting and Elections, to allow the vote of the inhabitants of the town of Chaiten in the 2008 Municipal Elections. (Bulletin No. 6027-06) 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, so that the Tribunal would exercise the control of constitutionality in respect of the whole of the project, and that by judgment of 30 September 2008, in the cars Rol Nº 1237-08-CPR. He stated: That the draft submitted is constitutional. Santiago, September 30, 2008.-Rafael Larraín Cruz, Secretary.