Last Monday, Correos began sending the documentation for the request to vote by mail for the regional elections in Galicia scheduled for next February 18. The deadline to request the process ends on February 8, but the deadline to submit the vote is the 15th of the same month.
The request to vote can be done in person at the post offices, where you must fill out a form with the voter’s personal data and present an identification document, DNI, Driving License or Passport. The procedure can also be carried out electronically through the Correos website.
The Provincial Delegations of the Electoral Census Office check the registration in the census of the applicants and send the electoral documentation (certificate of registration in the census, envelopes and ballots of all the candidacies) to the address indicated by the voter.
The postman or carrier will attempt to deliver by hand to the recipient on two occasions, in which he will ask for the DNI, Passport or Driving License to notify that the delivery has been made. If the postman does not find the voter, he will leave a notice so that the applicant can collect the documentation from him at the nearest Post Office.
To vote by mail due to a temporary stay abroad, the voter must be registered in the Consulate Registration Registry as a non-resident, and can collect the application to begin the process at the Consular Offices or through the Consular Website. Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The voter delivers the application to the Consular Office or Consular Section of the Embassy, ??which will send it to the corresponding Provincial Delegation of the Electoral Census Office so that the voter receives the necessary documentation to exercise their right to vote, and sends it to the table. electoral, by certified and urgent mail.
The voter can request the re-issuing of the documentation at any computerized Post Office office with the registration number of the electoral documentation with a certain amount of time so that the Post Office can carry out the re-sending.
If the documentation does not reach the recipient before February 8, the status of the procedure can be checked through the electronic headquarters of the National Institute of Statistics (INE) and through the Correos web portal with the application identification number.
If the procedure is accepted, but there is some incident with the sending of the documentation, the voter can go to the Post Office where they submitted the application, or to the Electoral Board to request to vote at the table if they are in the city where that is registered.
In cases where the voter cannot request a vote by mail due to illness or disability, the voter must prove this with a medical certificate that will be included in the vote application form. The voter must also accredit the person authorized to collect the documentation in a notarial or consular manner. The postal worker will be in charge of collecting the documentation.
