How to change your polling station for the presidential election?

Last Sunday, March 13, millions of citizens exercised their right to vote, as provided for in Colombia’s political constitution. At the first meeting this year with the polling stations, the next leaders of the Congress of the Republic were elected and the presidential consultation was held.

Now on the same track Next Sunday, May 29, citizens from all over the country will meet again to take part in the first round of the presidency about the polling stations, where they register their identity card. But, Factors such as location and time can affect the ballot, Therefore, the National Register indicated that the maximum deadline for changing polling stations is next Tuesday, March 29.

In this order of ideas, the Colombians wonder How can you change the polling station for the presidential elections? According to the institution responsible for the national civil registry, there are two ways to conduct the procedure: one facetoface and one virtual.

For the first case, the personal procedure, citizens can contact any authorized body of the register “located throughout the national territory from Monday to Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. , where the officials in charge can help move the voting table to the point that each person desires.

Regarding the virtual procedure, Colombians can register their ID cards through the web portal https://inscripcionciudadanos.registraduria.gov.co/. Upon entering the digital website, the person must enter the requested data; After that, you need to click on “Consult and then on “Continue.

Next, a form will appear asking for personal information such as first name, last name, city, etc. This must be filled out and indicate the preferred location where you would like to vote on May 29th. It should be noted that each field must be filled in, otherwise you will have to start the process from the beginning.

General Elections 2022 Photo: Esteban Vega

The political path has already begun and SEMANA has been following the pulse of every candidate aspiring to become the supreme head of state; In fact, it was shared a few hours ago analyzing the results of the first major CNC survey:

In recent days there has been controversy over complaints related to voter fraud. The register revealed that 80.54% of the 727,823 jurors received inperson and virtual training, both theoretical and practical. This serves to ensure the transparency of the election counts.

“We have decided to provide the country with a report on the discrepancies found between the precount and the verification of votes,” said national registrar Alexander Vega Rocha.

“We have decided to send the country a report on the discrepancies found between the precount and the verification of votes,” said national registrar Alexander Vega Rocha. pic.twitter.com/CbwMeH2Z2y

— National Civil Registry (@Registraduria) March 21, 2022

Additionally, despite the allegations of fraud and discrepancies with the E14 voting forms, the company shared this through a statement asked the National Electoral Council to count the votes for the Senate of the Republic in all polling stations across the country.

The national civil registrar Alexander Vega Rocha, in order to obtain electoral truth, requested a recount of the votes from all tables of the national territory for the Senate of the Republic for the period 20222026, this , following the discrepancies found in the completion of the E14 forms of were found by some voting juries, the press release said.

“For the peace of the country, as national registrar, I will request the National Electoral Council to authorize the recount of votes for the Senate of the Republic at all polling stations on national territory. If there were differences in the precount due to external causes, the truth of the election must be sought, said Vega Rocha.

Likewise, he argued that despite human error E14 forms were identified that were irregularly filled out, contrary to instructions given to voting jurors in the training sessions, with alleged intent to influence the voting process.