Seville, (EFE).- Correos has admitted in Andalusia 401,862 applications from citizens to exercise their right to vote through this system in the next general elections on the 23rd, whose deadline to deposit it ends on Thursday 20.
As the company reported this Friday in a press release, of the total requests registered in the community, 233,494 have been made in person at Post Offices. And 168,368 applications have been submitted electronically.
In the country as a whole, 2,622,808 applications to vote by mail have been accepted. 1,924,976 presented in person at the Post Office network and 697,832 through the website of this organization. By electronic signature and with the digital certificate or electronic DNI.
94% more than in 2019
These figures represent 94.71% more than the total number of applications admitted in the general elections of April 28, 2019 (1,346,995). And 80.45% more than those registered in the homologous process held on June 26, 2016 (1,453,446). That, until now, marked the historical record in the number of applications for voting by mail managed in the electoral processes of the Spanish democracy.
After verifying the registration of the applicants in the census, the Provincial Delegations of the Electoral Census Office continue to send the shipments with the electoral documentation. (Certificate of registration in the census, envelopes and ballots of all candidacies). To the address indicated by the voter in the application, with a certified and urgent nature.
The census has until the 16th to deliver these shipments to the Post Office. That he will continue to make them available to citizens as he receives them. For which it will make two delivery attempts by hand to the recipient. That you will have to go to your office to pick it up if you have not been located.
Don’t wait for the last day
Throughout this Friday, the number of electoral documents that the Post Office will have made available to voters will reach 1,885,223 electoral documents. A “comparatively higher” delivery rate than other electoral processes, including the regional and municipal elections on May 28.
In the event that the voter has not received their electoral documentation and is going to change their address, they can locate the registration number of their shipment on the electoral census website and request the reissue of the documentation at any Post Office to another address or to another post office, with sufficient time for it to be delivered to the new destination.
Given the celebration of public holidays in different locations in Spain, the coincidence with the summer period and the historical increase registered in the number of requests to vote by mail, the company recommends that citizens who wish to exercise their right to vote by mail seek Do not wait until the last day and take advantage of the extended hours of the post offices to cast your vote as soon as possible. EFE