• General elections in Spain 2023: latest voting news, live today
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• Pedro Sanchez | Alberto Núñez Feijóo | Santiago Abascal | Yolanda Diaz

The general elections begin. Almost 37.5 million Spaniards are called to vote this Sunday, July 23, in what will be the sixteenth general elections held in Spain in the recent democratic stage. Of these, about 1.6 million will be young people who will be able to vote for the first time in a general election, which represents 4.66% of the census of residents in our country.. Thus, citizens will designate with their ballots the members of Congress and the Senate for the next four years.

There are facts and figures that have been repeated over the last few weeks, but do we know how much the budget for the 23-J elections amounts to? In total, this process involves around 220 million euros. The highest percentage of spending is represented by the sending of electoral propaganda and the management of voting by mail, specifically almost half of that budget, with 101 and a half million euros (45.9%) in postal services, according to data from the Presidency of the Government..

Another large expense is that of electoral logistics, which involves the deployment of tables, ballot boxes and booths. It is expected that a total of 22,562 polling stations or polling stations will open with about 59,000 booths. On this occasion, the General State Administration has prepared almost 400 million ballots with the names of the candidates for Congress and the Senate.

Safety and traffic devices

180,942 people elected as titular members of the polling stations and 361,884 substitutes will be in charge of controlling the voting and counting in the polling stations.. Holders will charge 70 euros net. In relation to people with hearing disabilities who are assigned as members of the polling station or substitutes, they will be provided with a free interpretation service in sign language through specialized interpreters.. For all this, just over 22.5 million (10.2%) has been allocated, while the item destined for the dissemination of the elections, provisional scrutiny and telecommunications systems will exceed 13.4 million..

Other aspects that increase the budget are security and traffic devices. To guarantee security during election day, more than 90,000 troops belonging to the State Security Forces and Bodies will be mobilized, including the National Police, Civil Guard, regional and local police, as well as emergency services and Civil Protection. Likewise, the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) has established a special device on the occasion of the elections to facilitate entry to large cities before the schools close..