What happens if you have a polling station and you are not at home to receive the letter with the notification

On May 28, the Spanish have a double date with the ballot box. On the one hand, municipal elections throughout the national territory; on the other, elections in 12 autonomous communities: Aragon, Asturias, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castilla-La Mancha, the Valencian Community, Extremadura, Madrid, Murcia, Navarra and La Rioja, as well as elections to the Assemblies of the autonomous cities from Ceuta and Melilla. Therefore, there will not be in Andalusia, Catalonia, Galicia, the Basque Country and Castilla y León.

With this exception, the deadlines are being met religiously. The opening of the electoral campaign is already at hand, which will be from midnight on Friday, May 12, until midnight on Saturday, May 27.

And, for example, citizens who want to vote by mail, and have all the documentation in their possession, will have until Wednesday, May 24, to deposit the envelope with their vote at any Post Office throughout Spain.

Who can be a polling station ?

That next May 28, in the municipal elections, 35,414,655 voters will be able to vote; while in the autonomic ones 18,382,505 voters will be able to do so. And the vast majority who want to exercise their right to vote will go to their respective polling stations.

It was the week between April 28 and May 3 when the public lottery was carried out where those people who will integrate said polling stations on the last Sunday of May were chosen.. These tables are made up of a president and two members. And the positions cannot be filled by those who present themselves as candidates.

[A group of rocieros creates a party to avoid having to be at a polling station on 28-M]

The president and the members of each polling station are appointed by public lottery among all the people included in the list of voters of the corresponding polling station .. Of course, they must know how to read and write and be under 70 years of age.. Although here it is convenient to make a qualification: from the age of 65 they can express their resignation within seven days.

The p resident must have a bachelor's degree or a second degree professional training degree, or secondarily a school graduate or equivalent. With the same procedure, two substitutes are appointed for each of the Board members.

How is it notified?

Once the draw is done, the relevant authorities send notifications to those who have been chosen. As? The usual method is by registered letter sent to the registered address of the indicated person.

That letter can either be delivered by a postman, or by agents of the Local Police. But what happens if the person is not at home at the time of delivery? Well, there will be two more attempts.

[Electoral roll elections 28-M: how to see if I am registered to vote on May 28?]

If after three notices, it has not been possible to contact that person, a notice is left in the mailbox so that the citizen can go to the nearest Post Office to pick up the notification.. Knowing if you are a table or not is also possible to find out on the website of the town halls, although not in all of them.

It should be remembered that being a member of a polling station is mandatory. Therefore, if you do not attend when you have been chosen as a member of the same, it can lead to economic sanctions and even criminal sanctions if the reasons for the absence are not justified..

The designated president and board member have a period of seven days to claim before the Zone Electoral Board a justified and documented cause that prevents them from accepting the position . The Board resolves without further appeal within a period of five days and communicates, where appropriate, the substitution produced to the first substitute.