Referendum text & Requirements

Text & Requirements

Referendum text (Spanish Original)

Referendum text (Unofficial translationl)

Requirements for successful passage

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Referendum Text (Spanish Original)

I. DÍA SIN CARRO

¿Está de acuerdo, SÍ o NO, con celebrar un día sin carros en Bogotá, el primer jueves del mes de febrero de todos los años, en el horario comprendido entre las 6:30 a.m. y las 7:30 p.m.?

(Se exceptúan de la anterior prohibición los siguientes vehículos: vehículos de transporte público, vehículos acondicionados para ser conducidos por discapacitados, vehículos de emergencia, vehículos de servicios especiales de transporte de estudiantes debidamente autorizados, vehículos de transporte que movilicen más de diez (10) pasajeros, vehículos operativos de las empresas de servicios públicos domiciliarios, vehículos destinados al control del tráfico y las grúas de la Secretaria de Tránsito y Transporte de Bogotá, caravana presidencial, vehículos militares y de policía nacional, vehículos asignados al cuerpo diplomático, vehículos con blindaje nivel tres (3) o superior, vehículos destinados a la prestación del servicio de escoltas, carrozas fúnebres, motocicletas, motocarros y bicitaxis.)

II. PICO Y PLACA

¿Está de acuerdo, SÍ o NO, en prohibir, a partir del 1 de enero del año 2015, la circulación de todos los carros en Bogotá, en días hábiles, en los horarios comprendidos entre las 6:00 a.m. y las 9:00 a.m., y entre las 4:30 p.m. y las 7:30 p.m.?

(Se exceptúan de la anterior prohibición los siguientes vehículos. . .)

Referendum Text - Unofficial Translationl

I. "CAR FREE DAY"

QUESTION: Do you agree (YES or NO) with establishing the celebration of an annual "Day without Cars" beginning the year 2001, which will prohibit all private car traffic in the city on the first Thursday of the month of February of every year during the period between 6:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.

(The following vehicles will be excluded from the above prohibition: public transport vehicles, equipped vehicles for disabled citizens, emergency vehicles (ambulances, firemen), properly authorized student transport services, special transportation services like wage-earning drivers who mobilize more than 10 passengers, vehicles delivering services for public companies, vehicles destined to traffic control and cranes of the secretariat of transit and transportation, presidential caravan, military vehicles and police, vehicles assigned to diplomatic core, vehicles with a 3 level shield or superior, vehicles destined to be escorts, funeral float, motorcycles, motorcars and bicycle taxis.)

YES - NO - BLANK VOTE

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II. "VEHICULAR RESTRICTION BEGINNING THE YEAR 2015"

QUESTION: Do you agree (YES or NO) with the objective of building an environmentally sustainable Bogotá, with cleaner air, less traffic congestion and a better quality of life, by prohibiting, starting January 1 of the year 2015, the circulation of all private automotive vehicles on the city streets on all work days, in the period between 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m., and 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

(The following vehicles will be excluded . . . [text as above])

YES - NO - BLANK VOTE

Requirements for successful passage

Each item on the referendum must pass two hurdles if it is to have the force of law. Not only must they obtain a majority of the votes cast, but each must also have at least a third of the registered electorate expressing their vote on the issue.

Thus in this election the total number of people registered to vote in Bogota is 3,573,581. This means that the minimum number of votes requires in each case (for, against, and blank votes) must be more than 1,191,193.

It is generally considered prior to the election that the latter may be a bigger obstacle than the former. This is not least the case because this is an entirely new pattern of citizen expression and popular democracy in the country. Thus, obtaining that effective threshold level of interest and citizen expression is as important a challenge as the two car free items themselves.