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Uruguay

Franchise & Registration

  • Franchise Age: 18
  • Compulsory Vote: Compulsory for all voters
  • Enforced Compulsory Vote: Enforced Compulsory Vote
  • Eligibility Exception: mental illness, conviction for criminal offence
  • Right Vote Foreign Res: Foreigners with 15 year residency have national voting rights
  • Registration Type: Formal registration in office
  • Registration Basis: Residence requirement

Election Management & Enforcement

  • Nameof EMB: Corte Electoral
  • Independent EMB: Yes
  • EMBNominations: 9 members selected by legislature
  • EMBTenure: 5 years
  • Nameof Elect Enforcement Body: Corte Electoral

Candidacy & Campaign Rules

  • Opinion Polls Embargo: Embargo for longer

Electoral System & Organisation

  • Elect System Main Election: Majority
  • Main Election Type: Presidential
  • Main Election Cycle: 5
  • Numb Round Main Election: Two
  • Referenda_Law: Constitution, art. 331, Transitional and special provisions
  • Referenda_Binding: Always Binding
  • Voting Machine: None
  • Vote IDRequired: ID check compulsory
  • Polling Card: Polling card sent but not compulsory
  • National Holiday Elect Day: Never
  • Dayof Election: Sunday
  • Districting Flexibility: For elections to the Chamber of Representatives each Department forms one constituency. For presidential elections and elections to the Senate the whole country forms one constituency.

Polling Station

  • Listof Polling Station Buildings: schools, public buildings
  • Accessibility Requirement: Party to UNCRPD
  • Ballot Box Transparency: Fully opaque
  • Box Feeding System: Voter
  • Vote Receipt: No receipt
  • Count Locallyor Centrally: locally
  • Manualor Automatic Count: manual

Ballot Paper

  • Ballot Type: Paper
  • Singleor Multi Paper Ballot: Multiple
  • Ballot Paper Type Description: Multi-ballot
  • Ballot Photos: Freely Allowed
  • Ballot Logos: Freely Allowed
  • Orderof Candidatesor Parties: Non Applicable

Remote Voting

  • Temporal Remote Voting: No
  • Geographical Remote Voting: No
  • Personal Remote Voting: No
  • Mobile Polling Stations: No

Special Needs

  • Provision Illiterate Voters: Colour coded choices in referenum
  • Provision Blind Voters: Law on Elections (1999). Article 95 states: The notoriously blind and physically unable to walk without help can be helped to the secret room by persons of their confidence.
  • Provision Deaf Voters: Law on Elections (1999). Article 95 states: The notoriously blind and physically unable to walk without help can be helped to the secret room by persons of their confidence.
  • Provision Motor Handicap Voters: Law on Elections (1999). Article 95 states: The notoriously blind and physically unable to walk without help can be helped to the secret room by persons of their confidence.

Targeted Initiatives

Inclusivity Provisions