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Deadline to correct voter roll data for the 2026 BPS elections expires
This Monday, September 14, closes the period to file challenges or request changes to the preliminary roll for the mandatory Banco de Previsión Social elections. The list of eligible voters and polling places will be published on September 22.
The Banco de Previsión Social set Monday, September 14, 2026, as the deadline for people covered by the agency’s elections to review and correct their data in the preliminary voter roll, according to El País.
According to that outlet, the election call will be mandatory for about 2.2 million people. The provisional register was compiled with information available through February 28, 2026, so each voter’s status is determined by their employment or benefit condition on that date. For that reason, those who retired after that day will have to vote in the active workers’ category.
Challenges and correction requests will allow the Electoral Board to adjust the information before releasing the list of eligible voters and the assignment of polling places, scheduled for Tuesday, September 22.
In the election, three representatives will be chosen for the BPS board: one for retirees and pensioners, another for active workers and another for contributing companies. Voting will be mandatory for retirees, pensioners, active public and private workers over 18 years old as of February 28, 2026, as well as registered contributing companies up to date with their obligations on that same date.
Still according to El País, people over 75 or with disabilities will be exempt from voting. Sole proprietorships must vote through their owners, while corporations and multi-owner companies will have to appoint a representative or attorney-in-fact.
The outlet also noted that foreign nationals with voting rights who do not have a civic ID card will have to register to be included in the roll using their identity card, according to their declared address. Those who do not vote and do not justify their absence will have to pay fines: for individuals, the penalty is one reajustable unit, currently equivalent to $ 1,923, and for companies it ranges from six to 20 reajustable units, depending on the number of workers and whether they appointed a representative or not, or whether that person failed to show up to vote.
The BPS provides grounds for justification such as illness, disability, force majeure, being outside the country or living in another department, although that last exception does not apply to corporate representatives. According to El País, more than 110,000 company representatives still need to be registered.
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