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In addition to the SMS to 3838 (free service), with the message “RE (space) CC number or BI (space) date of birth (YYYYMMDD) – year month day, all together”, MAI adds that voters can still use the el Census portal, the MAI Mobile application (in the “Know where to vote” area) or the parish council.
91 voting tables will be located, the same number of previous electoral processes. The total number of voters in the Chaves municipality who can vote in the referendum is about “44,000,” said a source in the municipality. The referendum will only be binding if the turnout exceeds 50%.
A test for presidential candidates?
“This referendum will also serve as proof of the operation of the electoral colleges, within the scope of the guidelines issued by the DGS, and there may be subsequent readjustments for the next elections,” a source from the municipality of Chaves told SAPO24.
This will be the first visit to the polls in the time of Covid-19 under the CNE, although, in the meantime, other acts have already taken place, such as party or sports elections. And remember, before the 2021 presidential elections, the Azores vote in regional legislatures on October 25.
A test? Do not do.
João Tiago Machado, spokesman for the CNE, rejects that going to the polls in Chaves is seen by the responsible institutions as proof. It turns out that they are the first elections in this context.
The Chaves referendum “had exactly the same treatment as another election” and served to put into practice “everything that had been theorized since March,” he explains.
The commission’s spokesman emphasizes that the pandemic electoral act “is something new” and, therefore, “it is natural to learn along the way.”
According to João Tiago Machado, there are five fundamental “pillars” framed in prevention measures: “adequate distance”, that is, waiting to vote; the use of personal protective equipment by board members and voters; ventilate the electoral colleges; regular disinfection of materials; and, as far as possible, separate circulation circuits for entering and leaving buildings.
Imagine that we come to the conclusion that it is a mistake to share the pen; then it may be obligatory ”for the voter to take his to the polling place, he gives as an example.
