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Woman living in Lima assigned voting location in distant Áncash region
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Woman living in Lima assigned voting location in distant Áncash region

From La República · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • A woman living in Lima for 15 years was inexplicably assigned a voting location in the Áncash region for the upcoming election.
  • She states she has always voted in Comas, Lima, and even updated her address there in April, yet her assigned location is over 400 kilometers away.
  • Peru's electoral authority, ONPE, explained that voting locations are based on electoral rolls updated prior to her address change.

Hilda Rosa Casas Anchiraico, a resident of Lima's Comas district for the past 15 years, has reported a bewildering assignment for the upcoming general election runoff on June 7: a voting location in the Áncash region. Casas, who affirms she has consistently voted in Comas and even updated her address there in April, finds the assignment to the district of San Pedro de Chana in Huari province, Áncash, impossible to fulfill.

"I don't live in Áncash, I don't belong to that region, and I don't know it. How am I going to travel there if I barely earn enough to work?" Casas stated to ATV Noticias. She was born in Junín but has lived and voted in Comas since moving to Lima 15 years ago. The assigned location is over 400 kilometers from the capital, a journey she cannot afford.

Casas has reported the incident to the La Pascana police station to document the situation and avoid a fine of S/110 for not voting. She expressed confusion as to why this occurred, especially after updating her DNI address, believing it would ensure a local polling station.

The National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) responded by explaining that voting locations are assigned based on the electoral roll prepared by Reniec and approved by the JNE. In Casas's case, she updated her DNI address in April, which was after the electoral roll's cutoff date of October 14, 2025. ONPE stated they are in contact with her to verify the situation and provide assistance. This issue is reportedly not isolated, with another citizen, Juan Carlos López, facing a similar problem with his assigned polling station.

I don't live in Áncash, I don't belong to that region, and I don't know it. How am I going to travel there if I barely earn enough to work?

— Hilda Rosa Casas AnchiraicoCasas explained her inability to travel to the assigned voting location in Áncash, which is over 400 kilometers from her home in Lima.
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Originally published by La República in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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