Chile is heading to the polls once more, after a national plebiscite last year resulted in a mandate for a new constitution. Across two days on May 15 and 16, Chileans will elect the 155 people who will draft the constitution, replacing the current document drafted under Gen. Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship in 1980. This will be the first time in Chile’s history that it has had the opportunity to draft a constitution through a fully democratic, participatory process. Over the weekend, Chileans will also be casting ballots to elect regional governors for the first time ever—part of an ongoing battle to decentralize the country—and councilors and mayors will also be chosen.
