Restrictto Candidacy:
35 years, Bolivian citizenship by birth, fulfilment of military obligations, literacy, full possession of civil rights, ineligibility: arrest, imprisonment. Incompatibilities: Government minister, diplomat, civil servant or employee, military or police officer on active duty, contractor for public works or services, manager or administrator of a State-related company or enterprise, certain ecclesiastics. Requirements: nomination by political parties, coalition of parties or duly-recognised civic institutions, and Candidacies are presented on the basis of gender equality, with women and men alternating on the list. At least 50 per cent of candidates (both titular and substitutes) must be women.
Districting Flexibility:
The total distribution of seats among the departments shall be determined by the electoral body (Plurinational Electoral Body) based on the number of inhabitants in each one of them, according to the latest National Census. For equity, the law shall assign a minimum number of seats to the departments that have the least population and least economic development. If the distribution of seats for any department is an uneven number, preference will be given to the single districts for the assignment of the seats.
Polling Station
Average Voterby Polling Station:
279
Normal Closing Time Poll Station:
1600
Polling Station Numbers:
21382
Accessibility Requirement:
Party to the UNCRPD + National Law that promotes the inclusion and equal treatment of and lack of discrimination against the disabled. (Law 223, art. 4.)
Ballot Box Transparency:
Fully opaque
Box Feeding System:
Voter
Vote Receipt:
No receipt
Tellersor Party Employees:
Each polling station has six electoral jurors. They perform a mandatory citizens’ role akin to jury duty in the US judicial system. In Bolivia, 207,322 citizens were randomly selected to be jurors and trained a month before the elections.9 All six jurors in each polling station must sign off on the tally sheet. Representatives of political parties may also be present at the polling stations and request to approve the tally sheets. Any person or political organization is able to monitor the vote-counting process as an observer, which is encouraged by the TSE.
Count Locallyor Centrally:
locally
Manualor Automatic Count:
automatic
Nature Counting Personnel:
After the voting ends, the vote counting is carried out at the polling stations, in presence of the delegates or representatives of political organizations, voters, and members of electoral support missions wishing to attend.
Ballot Paper
Ballot Type:
Electronic
Singleor Multi Paper Ballot:
Single
Max Numberof Votesper Ballot:
4
Ballot Paper Type Description:
Pictures of candidates on single ballot paper
Ballot Paper Type Photo Upload:
YES
Ballot Photos:
Freely Allowed
Ballot Logos:
Freely Allowed
Orderof Candidatesor Parties:
random
Remote Voting
Temporal Remote Voting:
No
Geographical Remote Voting:
No
Personal Remote Voting:
No
Mobile Polling Stations:
No
Special Needs
Provision Illiterate Voters:
In Bolivia, restrictions on the franchise of persons with a mental disability existed in the past but disappeared from current legislation. The General Law on Persons with Disabilities No. 223 of 2 March 20127 established the principles of inclusion and equal opportunities (art. 4) for persons with disabilities.
Special Provision Female Voters:
Article 158 states: The first people to submit their vote will be the members of the jury, present in the moment, The rest of the individuals eligible to vote in the Bureau of Suffrage will make by order of arrival. Priority will be given for voting to pregnant people…people with special needs…
Provision Blind Voters:
The Supreme Electoral Court introduced reasonable adjustments to enable the free and conscious electoral participation of persons with disabilities. This includes the right to enter polling stations with a person of trust who provide these voters with the necessary assistance.”
Provision Deaf Voters:
The Supreme Electoral Court introduced reasonable adjustments to enable the free and conscious electoral participation of persons with disabilities. This includes the right to enter polling stations with a person of trust who provide these voters with the necessary assistance.”
Provision Motor Handicap Voters:
According to a law from 1995, all public buildings should be accessible for wheelchairs. EU EOM observations showed that much remains to be done in order to facilitate voting for the disabled.
Over Representation Vuln Group:
7 seats for indigenous peoples
Targeted Initiatives
History Major Changes:
Universal suffrage was introduced in 1952.