Interrupting the holidays to go vote: "I have brought the return one day forward"

This Sunday, June 23, new general elections are taking place, where citizens over the age of 18 with the right to vote will go to the polls to choose their candidates for Congress and the Senate for the next four years.

On this occasion, the electoral advance by the President of the Government and PSOE candidate, Pedro Sánchez, is marked by the dates on which the comics are held, since it coincides with one of the holiday periods where more citizens are away from their homes, which has caused some problems when it comes to balancing the calendars.

For many people, going to vote is an obligation and they do not want to ignore this new electoral date, since they consider that there are many things at stake and, for that same reason, they prefer to bring the end of the holidays forward rather than not go to the polls next Sunday.. “I had planned to spend a whole week in Barcelona, but I have brought the return back one day,” says a man from the Sants station in Barcelona.

Citizens who have not wanted to lose days of their vacations have opted for the method of voting by mail, which in these elections has broken a record, reaching more than 2.47 million votes, 94.2% of the applications admitted. “Voting by mail is the best way to enjoy the holidays,” says a young man as he waits for his flight.

In person or by mail, Spanish citizens are clear that voting this coming Sunday is important and, perhaps they never imagined that they would change their vacations to go to a polling station, but it seems that in the balance the vote matters more than one more day at the beach.