The delegate of the Government, Delia Losa, visited this morning the facilities of the Mobile Park of the State, the place where the necessary material for the celebration of the General Elections next Sunday has been arriving.
The Government Delegation in Asturias has had a budget of 690,000 euros for the hiring of material, bonuses for the representatives of the administration involved in the process, diets for the members of the polling stations or to cover the cost of the travel of hospitalized voters.
Among the contracted material, the more than 13.3 million ballot papers commissioned stand out. Of the total, 1,110,000 are for each of the 11 candidates proclaimed to the Congress of Deputies in Asturias and 1,200,000 ballot papers with the list of candidates for the Senate. They are intended for the 698 electoral colleges in Asturias, for the CERA vote, for the postal vote and for the 168 consulates. There have also been 10,200 session and ballot papers distributed among the polling stations for the Congress and as many for the Senate.
The Ministry of the Interior supplies the ballot boxes, booths or signage stands for premises that are requested. For these elections, the ministry has contributed 150 new ballot boxes and 50 booths. The remaining material needed for the 1,528 polling stations is preserved from previous elections.
The Government Delegation is responsible for appointing the 881 representatives of the Administration, of whom 698 are responsible for transmitting to the Data Processing Centre the results of the provisional ballot at the polling stations. They are also responsible for communicating data on incidents in the constitution of the polling stations and ensuring that there is sufficient electoral material in the schools. At the headquarters of the Government Delegation there will be about 25 people working on the day of the elections to coordinate representatives, transmit data, provide assistance and resolve incidents.
The Government Delegation is also responsible for processing requests for sign language interpreters for members of polling stations in collaboration with the State Confederation of Deaf Persons. To this day we have received a request. In addition, 30 people have requested the accessible voting kit.
The Government Delegation is responsible for managing and financing health transport for people who are admitted to hospitals and who wish to vote. The Civil Protection Unit will receive the needs of the hospitals this Friday and will be communicated to Transinsa, which will take care of these displacements. The Government Delegation also provides transportation to people who need help to go to their polling station. So far 11 municipalities have requested this service.
To ensure security in the polling stations, there will be a Security Forces and Corps device made up of 2,118 people: 1,255 civilian guards, 650 national police and 213 local police.
On July 23, 958,940 people have the right to vote in Asturias, of which 123,355 reside abroad. Correos has admitted 56,538 requests to vote by mail in Asturias, more than twice as many as at the May ballot date.