The Government Delegation in Galicia coordinates the deployment of the device that will ensure security during the celebration of the General Elections on July 23. This device will be composed of a total of 6,018 members of the State Security Forces and Corps. Of these, 1,730 belong to the National Police; 3,297 to the Civil Guard and 991 to the Local Police.
The State Security Forces and Corps shall be responsible for ensuring the free exercise of the right to vote. This staff will be located in the voting centers, their accesses and other points of interest of the day.
Monitoring and protection of the electoral process
Instruction 7/2023 signed by the Secretary of State for Security, Rafael Pérez, on June 26, establishes a set of security and protection measures that allow and guarantee that the fundamental right to political participation can be exercised this Sunday in optimal conditions of freedom and security, and protected from threats aimed at disrupting or its normal development.
This instruction sets out the general guidelines for the coordination and operational action of the various State security forces and bodies involved in the police mechanism for the protection of the electoral day, as well as the measures for the protection of the electoral system, all of whose infrastructures will be considered critical and which already have the necessary security deployment.
In addition, the order of the Secretary of State establishes a set of preventive, reactive and coordination measures for possible incidents in the field of cybersecurity that may affect the networks and information systems that support computer systems related to elections, campaigns, public administrations and elections, ensuring the security of all computer aspects of the electoral process and guaranteeing the holding of general elections.
Logistics
Galicia will have 3,960 tables distributed in 2,350 electoral venues. 7,920 ballot boxes and 3,445 booths will be available to choose the ballot papers. In total, 29 million ballot papers were printed for Congress and 3 million ballot papers for the Senate. These tables will be attended by 11,880 table members and 2,576 representatives of the Administration, who will be responsible for verifying the correct opening of the tables, resolving incidents and collecting the data of participation and the vote count.
In addition, during the day of the elections, at the headquarters of the Government Delegation and in the subdelegations there will be personnel authorized to resolve any incident that may arise with the representatives, the constitution of the tables or the material, in collaboration with the Electoral Boards.
These elections will decide a total of 23 deputies and deputies: 8 in A Coruña, 7 in Pontevedra, 4 in Lugo and 4 in Ourense. They will also elect 16 senators: 4 by province, regardless of the senators elected by autonomous designation. In total, 38 candidacies were proclaimed for Congress and 34 for the Senate.