The JEC guidelines out, for the second, extending the deadlines for voting by mail

Interior of a Post Office. Agencies

The Central Electoral Board has rejected, for the second, the extension of the time period for the train of voting by mail or the adoption of different extra measures associated to the sort of voting for the overall elections on July 23. This has been pronounced by the arbitration physique, via a decision of its Presidency issued this Thursday, in response to a request made by the PP.

In the decision, the JEC denies the request, alleging studies from the Electoral Census Office and the State Postal and Telegraph Company, which reveal “the measures that each organizations are adopting” to facilitate the train of postal voting.

Likewise, it argues that, bearing in mind the “issues that the modification of the deadlines established for the applying and supply of the vote by mail may trigger”, it’s not “applicable to undertake another extra measure right now”.

Although there’s nonetheless no precise determine for the way many individuals have requested it, the corporate has superior that it may exceed two million folks. For now, Correos has bolstered its workers and has introduced that it’s going to open its places of work this weekend to facilitate this course of.

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