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Therefore, the calls for voting have multiplied.
Polling stations opened at 8:00 am and are expected to close at 7:00 pm.
To vote, each voter must have a citizen card or identity card. The National Electoral Commission (CNE) calls on each voter to inform themselves in advance where they will vote, “since there have been some changes with the substantial increase in the number of polling stations.”
To do this, you can send the message “RE (space) CC / BI number (space) date of birth = yyyymmdd” to number 3838 and wait for the response.
You can also obtain information through the website www.recenseamento.mai.gov.ptAll national citizens, over 17 years of age, are officially and automatically registered in the voter registration database, based on information from the citizen card services.
Government ask each voter to wear a mask, to keep a distance of two meters from other people, to disinfect their hands when voting, and preferably to carry their own pen.
The National Elections Commission guarantees that all precautions have been taken to be able to vote safely.
Guarantees and suggestions
In case of fear due to the manipulation of his identity card by third parties, the CNE suggests that the voter “can take a transparent plastic bag and close his card.”
The Commission also calls for meetings to be avoided by phasing out voting times.
“Voting is even safer if everyone does not go at the same time” and “meeting is waiting, waiting is impatience and impatience leads to recklessness,” the president of the CNE, adviser judge Soreto de Barros, warned on Saturday in an inference press in the Assembly of the Republic.
During this weekend, movement between municipalities is prohibited, except for those who reside outside the municipality where they are registered.
Both Carris and STCP have announced that their transport will operate on “Sundays and holidays”, “to safeguard the necessary mobility of voters when they go to polling stations.”
“12,450 polling stations were created, 12,273 in the national territory and 177 abroad, which corresponds to the commitment of 62,250 polling station members,” according to a statement from the Ministry of the Interior.
Regarding the health security of the electoral act, the Government adds that “personal protective equipment was purchased and a total of 120 tons of prophylactic material was distributed”, more specifically “134,840 pairs of gloves, 337,100 surgical masks, 101,842 packages of 500 ml gel and 67,420 visors “.
All those summoned to the tables were tested beforehand on Covid-19.
The candidates
This year, 197,903 voters voted early, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, about 80.15% of a total of 246,880 registered, according to the final data of the 308 municipalities released by the Ministry of Internal Administration. Anyone who signed up for early voting and did not do so can vote this Sunday.
Seven candidates are running for these elections:
Marisa Matias, supported by the Left Bloc
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, the candidate for reelection supported by PSD and CDS-PP
Tiago Mayan, with the support of the Liberal Initiative
André Ventura, the face of Chega
Vitorino Silva, former member of the PS and leader of the RIR, also known as Tino de Rans
João Ferreira, supported by the PCP and the ENP
Ana Gomes, a socialist activist who has the support of PAN and Livre.
