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Requirements
In the period of the Patria Boba 1810-1815, to be a primary voter, one had to live on income or work, and be over 21 years old or be married. In addition to slaves, wage earners, vagrants and those who were known to have sold or bought votes in the elections were excluded.
other requirements -be over 21 years-must have a real estate of $ 500- be free men -
The origin of citizen suffrage
The origin of citizen suffrage to elect high officials of the State and public corporations dates back to the time known in Colombia as La Patria Boba, 1810-1816, at which time the classical liberal institutions that were consolidated after the independence in the Charter of Angostura of 1819 -
Indirect suffrage
Indirect suffrage in Colombia was prolonged in time for the election of senators and President of the Republic; However, since the mid-nineteenth century it has been done directly for representatives to the Chamber, the State Legislatures or Departmental Assemblies, and for municipal corporations. -
The election of senators
The election of senators was always indirect until the elections of 1947, with the exception of the "summer" of 1853-1859 and some federal states in which they were not agreed by legislatures. From the "Regeneration" until the elections of 1943, the senators were appointed through the Departmental Assemblies, and before 1851, by electoral colleges or provincial electoral assemblies. -
Direct voting
Once in the nation direct voting is allowed in 1853, the elections were held in the parishes before an Electoral Jury composed of 5 main members and 5 alternates, appointed by lot from the “list of all the residents of the District who know how to read and to write". Each jury is in charge of a ballot box in which no more than 400 people can vote, a rule that was in force until 1984 when in the 1985 electoral law this capacity was extended to a maximum of 800 people per ballot box -
The Mens Vote
Until 1853, only 5% of men exercised the right to vote, the other 95% did not participate in the vote for cultural, economic or citizenship reasons. -
Road to the ballot as a voting system
The suffrage was public until the reform of 1853 and from then until today it has been formally secret. The 1855 and 1856 regulations prescribe the use of "ballots" or ballots, which must be "printed or handwritten and enclosed in a white paper cover, so that it can be closed in the form of a letter." Each voter will deposit in the electoral ballot box, "which will be a wooden box with an opening that does not lower than 8 centimeters" -
the women voted for the first time
During the government of Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, no elections were held until the 1957 plebiscite, in which women, for the first time in Colombia, obtained electoral rights; Thus, the right to vote covered all men and women over twenty-one years of age, women acquired the right to vote with Legislative Act No. 3 of the National Constituent Assembly, on August 25, 1954. -
“Colombians over 18 years of age are citizens”
Legislative Act No. 1 of 1975 established that “Colombians over 18 years of age are citizens” -
mayors of the country were appointed by the governors.
1985 Until this year the mayors of the country were appointed by the governors. -
the electoral card was used for the first time
In the 1990 presidential elections, the electoral card was used for the first time, replacing the old system of the ballot distributed at the polling stations by each party. -
The incorporation of electronic voting
in Colombia occurred with the enactment of Law 892 of 2004, in order for it to be established before 2009. Obviously, this obligation was not met. Years later, with Article 39 of Law 1475 of 2011, said order was reiterated and the provision required its fulfillment before the elections for Congress in 2014. -
Immediate scrutiny
Immediate scrutiny takes place for the first time during the local authority elections on October 30. In accordance with article 41 of Law 1475 of 2011, “the district, municipal and auxiliary scrutiny commissions will begin the scrutiny, from the moment the voting process closes.
