Madrid, Apr 5 (EFE).- Some 3,800 representatives of the Administration, more than 1,700 in the city of Madrid and some 2,000 in the rest of the region, will mobilize to provide coverage to more than 7,100 polling stations that will be distributed in almost 1,100 polling stations in the regional and municipal elections on May 28, to which 4.8 million Madrid residents are summoned.
The Government delegate in the Community of Madrid, Francisco Martín, has provided these data during a visit to the La Garena warehouse (Alcalá de Henares), where the necessary material for the development of the elections is deposited.
The Government Delegation in Madrid plays a very important logistical role in holding the elections on May 28 and is working to ensure that the day is a success, Martín highlighted.
The Ministry of the Interior signed a framework agreement with the Community of Madrid at the end of March to order the management of the electoral process and, by virtue of this agreement, the Government Delegation assumed the provision of all the physical elements, the ballot boxes , the booths and signposting of the polling stations, as well as the transmission of data so that citizens can know the results of the elections as soon as possible.
The center of La Garena, of almost 3,000 square meters, serves as an electoral warehouse and documentation archive, and more than 150 people from the Government Delegation will work, in this space and in other dependencies, to guarantee that the elections run smoothly. normal.
In this warehouse, the ballot boxes are stored and classified according to their state of conservation and, now, they will undergo a repair and cleaning process to be made available to the public.
Martín has pointed out that there are ballot boxes that have participated in electoral processes for decades, since the material is recycled to maximize investment.
During his visit, the Government delegate also recalled that in the field of the Madrid Assembly elections, for the first time, it will be possible to exercise this right from abroad without having to ask for a vote, since the reform of the Organic Law of the General Electoral Regime that was approved on September 30 and that eliminates this administrative procedure for Spaniards who live outside our country.
Also, from yesterday and until May 18, all citizens who wish can request a postal vote at a Post Office.
The Ministry of the Interior launched this Tuesday, coinciding with the publication in the Official State Gazette of the royal decree calling the municipal elections and the assemblies of Ceuta and Melilla, the official logo of the elections as well as the website elecciones.locales2023. It is where relevant information is collected for citizens on how to exercise their right to vote, the electoral calendar, or the different candidacies that are presented, among other issues.
Access to ‘elecciones.locales2023.es’ may also be done directly through a highlight on the website of the Ministry of the Interior (www.interior.gob.es).
The electoral campaign will last fifteen days, beginning at 00:00 on Friday, May 12, and ending at midnight on Friday, May 26.
