Find out how many ballots you will receive in the February 5, 2023 election and everything you need to know to be prepared

A total of 13,450,047 citizens are summoned to exercise their right to vote in the elections on February 5.

The objective is to elect 23 provincial prefects and vice-prefects, 221 mayors, 864 urban councillors, 443 rural councillors, 4,109 members of the parish councils and 7 main and alternate councilors of the Council for Citizen Participation and Social Control (CPCCS).

The voters of the urban areas will receive a total of seven ballots:

1.- Mayor (light blue color).

Download the ballot with the applicants for the Mayor of Guayaquil in this link

2.- Prefect (orange color).

Download the ballot with the candidates for the Guayas Prefecture at this link

3.- Urban councilors (green color).

Download the ballot with the candidates for councilor of Guayaquil (urban district 1)

Download the ballot with the candidates for councilor of Guayaquil (urban district 2)

Download the ballot with the candidates for councilor of Guayaquil (urban district 3)

4.- CPCCS with 17 candidates (gray color).

5.- CPCCS with 20 candidates (gray color).

6.- CPCCS of indigenous peoples and nationalities, Afro-Ecuadorians, Montubios and Ecuadorians abroad with eight applicants (gray color).

7.- Government referendum (white color).

Download the ballot with the questions and the annexes of the referendum in the following link

In rural areas:

1.- Mayor (light blue color).

2.- Prefect (orange color).

3.- Rural councilors (purple color).

4.- Members of rural parish councils (yellow).

5.- CPCCS with 17 candidates (gray color).

6.- CPCCS with 20 candidates (gray color).

7.- CPCCS of indigenous peoples and nationalities, Afro-Ecuadorians, Montubios and Ecuadorians abroad with 8 applicants (gray color).

8.- Government referendum (white color).

9.- Popular consultation in the Sevilla Don Bosco rural parish of the Morona canton, in the province of Morona Santiago (only in that locality).

The citizens of the urban district 1 of Guayaquil can download this digital electoral cock to write down your preferences in advance and deposit your vote in a more agile way.

The citizens of the urban constituency 2 of Guayaquil can download this digital electoral poll to write down your preferences in advance and deposit your vote in a more agile way.

The citizens of the urban constituency 3 of Guayaquil can download this digital electoral poll to write down your preferences in advance and deposit your vote in a more agile way.

The citizens of the rural constituency 4 of Guayaquil can download this digital electoral poll to write down your preferences in advance and deposit your vote in a more agile way.

Who is required to vote?

Ecuadorians who are between 18 and 65 years old with the right to vote and people of legal age deprived of liberty without an enforceable conviction.

optional vote

Those who are between 16 and 17 years old.

Those over 65 years of age.

Those domiciled abroad duly registered.

Members of the Armed Forces and National Police in active service.

People with disabilities.

illiterate people.

Foreigners from the age of 18 who have legally resided in the country for at least five years and are registered in the Electoral Registry.

Persons deprived of liberty without an enforceable conviction will exercise their right to vote on Thursday, February 2.

The Vote at Home process will take place on Friday, February 3.

Voting time

Between 07:00 and 17:00 on February 5. And from 09:00 to 19:00 of the same day abroad according to the time of each country.

Requirement to vote

The identity card, even if it is expired, as well as the passport. If you can’t get to the board you’re supposed to vote at, you can go to the one closest to you and ask for a certificate of appearance. This document does not free you from paying the fine for not voting and only allows you to carry out procedures for 60 days.

Since when is campaigning prohibited?

The electoral campaign began on January 3, 2023 and ends this Thursday, February 2, 2023.

Forty-eight hours before the day of the elections (that is, from Friday, February 3) and until 5:00 p.m. on the day of the vote (Sunday, February 5), the dissemination of any type of information ordered by the institutions is prohibited. public, as well as the diffusion of electoral publicity, opinions or images, that induce voters about a position or preference (electoral silence).

As of 12:00 on Friday, February 3, until 12:00 on Monday, February 6, 2023, the sale, distribution or consumption of alcoholic beverages will not be allowed (dry law).

Fines around the elections

For not voting it is 10% of the unified basic salary, SBU ($45).

For not complying as a member of the board receiving the vote (JRV) is 15% of the SBU ($ 67.50).

Whoever makes propaganda on days when it is prohibited (electoral silence) and whoever sells or consumes alcoholic beverages on days when there is a dry law, must pay $225 as a penalty.

For leaving functions as a member of the JRV, it is from 10 to 20 SBU ($4,500 to $9,000).

Civil Registry hours

Service at the 38 Civil Registry agencies will be available from 08:00 to 17:00, Monday through Friday. Saturday February 4: from 07:00 to 20:00. Sunday February 5: from 07:00 to 14:00. You have to schedule the shift virtually at www.registrocivil.gob.ec.

For how many and how to vote?

The vote is on the plate in the case of urban and rural councilors and members of the parish councils choosing a preference list in which they vote for that entire group of applicants.

After voting, the ballots for mayors and prefects must go in the white ballot box.

Those of councilors, members of the boards, those of the CPCCS and the referendum, in the brown one.

It will take each voter about six minutes to vote, according to CNE calculations.

polling place

Consult the electoral precinct and the number of the board receiving the vote in which you will have to vote in the apps of the National Electoral Council or on the website

https://app02.cne.gob.ec/consultaregistroelectoral/

Biosafety protocol recommendations

• Maintain physical distancing.
• The voter must enter the premises without company to cast the ballot.
• The use of a mask is recommended in closed places, as in the case of enclosures.
• Bring ballpoint pen. (YO)

Source: National Electoral Council