Seville, (EFE).- A total of 6,461,477 Andalusians are called to the polls and will be able to exercise their right to vote in Andalusia this Sunday in the municipal elections, where 9,067 councilors will be elected for the 786 municipalities of the community.
The 3,782 polling stations that will open in the eight Andalusian provinces finalize the preparations for the official device of the local elections this Saturday. In which 78,339 people will participate.
The device is distributed among presidents, members and substitutes. Who will be informed, through the manual for staff of the tables, of how to act to guarantee the correct development of this process.
On May 28, 10,297 ballot boxes and 7,501 booths will be operational, containing 6,754,500 envelopes and Braille voting kits.
For these elections, 4,907 representatives of the Administration have been appointed, in charge of transmitting the information related to the constitution of the tables. Incidents that could occur during election day and the sending of the results of the scrutinies.
Increase in voting by mail
For this, they will have a total of 4,205 data transmitter devices that will be used to record and send incidents in real time. From the opening of the tables, at 9:00 a.m., until the closing, at 8:00 p.m.
This manual has as a novelty this year a specific section on accessibility. So that people with hearing or visual disabilities can exercise their right to vote without problems.
6,461,477 Andalusians who are called to the polls can participate in the municipal elections. Of which 349,378 are new voters for turning 18 since the previous ones, held in 2019.
Voting by mail has increased, where it has gone from 169,410 four years ago to 222,764 for these locations. Although finally those admitted are 201,375, distributed in Almería 17,745; Cadiz 19,098; Cordoba 17,086. Granada 21,090; Huelva 29,586; Jaen 21,337; Malaga 25,684; and in Seville 49,749 votes admitted.
Foreign voters residing in Spain (CERE), specifically Andalusia, who can exercise their right to vote in municipal elections, will be a total of 65,316, 15.76% of Spain.
More than 20,000 security personnel
There will be data transmitter devices that will be used to record and send in real time the incidents of opening tables at 9:00 a.m., participation data at 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. and counting data from 8:00 p.m. .
In the elections this Sunday, more than 20,000 members of the security forces and bodies will be present to ensure the correct development of the elections.
Specifically, 20,203 security personnel will be mobilized, of which 17,599 will be provided by the State, 1,112 more than in the 2019 local elections.
With a growth of 6.3%, these data make it the largest security device in democracy, and of the total number of professionals, 6,774 will be from the National Police (6.5% more) and 10,825 from the Civil Guard (6 1% more), to which 2,604 members of the Local Police from each of the municipalities where the 3,782 polling stations are located will collaborate. EFE