Election Day Process

Voting Slips

Voting slips are dropping in the letter boxes this week (got mine) from the oficina del censo electoral, marked Tarjeta Censal Elecciones, Mayo 2011.

Election Day - Sunday 22nd May, what to expect,courtesy of Lenox Napier Entertainer on Line - http://www.theentertaineronline.com


Go to your voting station on May 22nd. Check your name on the list posted at the door (foreigners have their own separate list...). Enter and go behind the curtain. You will find piles of voting papers from each party (I think there will be 4 for Zurgena one for each party contesting the election, P.A. and 3 others) and a pile of envelopes. Chose one 'papeleta' (voting paper). Do not mark it. Fold it in two and put it in the envelope - this is your vote.

Take it to the polling table. They will check your ID (bring your passport preferably, or other photographic ID) and they will cross you off the list. You put your envelope in the ballot box.

There will be people called 'interventores' on hand, wearing badges from their parties, all offering to help. They can show you where to go, but can not come in behind the curtain with you. Smile to them all, but remember your vote is private.