SERVEL publishes list of election monitors for municipal elections

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SANTIAGO.- Today, the Chilean Electoral Service (SERVEL) published the list of people who will be required to serve as monitors during municipal elections scheduled for October 26th.

For the most part, the representatives are the same individuals that have performed the duty during previous elections. Only a handful of changes were made in cases of death or modifications of constituency.

During an interview with Radio ADN, the director of SERVEL, Juan Ignacio García, explained that as of today, those who have been designated will have three days to present a reason why they are not able to perform their civic duty.

García explained that acceptable reasons to withdraw one's monitoring duty are "if one has moved and is now living more that 300 kilometers from the voting site, if one is sick or if one is performing a public duty that impedes them from being an observer".

García added that if the person is older than 70, they may also be excused, although they may also be permitted to be a monitor if they wish.

The SERVEL director stated that anyone that has been designated to be an electoral monitor and does not perform the duty could be subject to fines ranging from 74 thousand to 296 thousand pesos.