- Francisco Martín has chaired the Security Board of coordination of the extraordinary device on the occasion of the electoral day on Sunday
- This is a device that has been coordinated between the Government Delegation, the Electoral Boards and the Security Forces and Corps
The Government delegate to the Community of Madrid, Francisco Martín, today chaired the Security Board of coordination of the extraordinary device on the occasion of the electoral day of June 9, which will be made up of 9,984 agents who will work to guarantee citizen security and the exercise of rights and freedoms during the voting day.
Of these, 5,131 correspond to the National Police; another 3,753, to the Civil Guard; and about 1,100, to the Municipal Police of Madrid and local police. This figure again places Madrid as the second autonomous community in terms of the number of troops deployed, only behind Andalusia.
In addition to personnel from the Government Delegation, representatives of the National Police, the Civil Guard, the City Council of the capital —Municipal Police, SAMUR and Firefighters—, and the General Directorate of Statistics participated in the meeting.
Francisco Martín said that, from the Government Delegation, “everything is ready” so that the election day passes “with total normality and is a day without significant incidents”. “Everything is ready and all that remains is to finish the job,” he added.
Regarding the number of polling stations, he stressed that there will be a total of 1,083 polling stations and 6,997 polling stations. They have distributed 110 million printed ballot papers for the 34 candidates proclaimed in the Community of Madrid.
Specific cybersecurity protocol
As in previous elections, for these elections a set of preventive measures and coordination for possible incidents in the field of cybersecurity has been articulated, with a specific protocol in this matter, coordinated by the Secretariat of State for Security.
To this end, an IT Security Operations Center has been established to monitor and manage the security and continuity of all information systems involved in the electoral process.
Secure choices
The government delegate also recalled that the mission of the National Police and the Civil Guard is not only to protect the polling stations, before and during the voting, as well as the headquarters of the electoral boards, but also includes the escort of the presiding officers in the city of Madrid until they deposit the minutes on their district board; and of all the judges responsible for transferring the minutes to the corresponding electoral board, a fundamental role in the electoral process.
Likewise, during these final days of the campaign, the day of reflection and the day of voting, the surveillance and protection of critical infrastructures, and the devices of the electoral colleges and their surroundings are intensified.
Logistic and coordination challenge
Francisco Martín highlighted the close coordination between the Government Delegation, the Electoral Boards and the Security Forces and Corps for the organization of the device.
He also wished to recall that on the day of the elections there will be more than a hundred people in the Government Delegation to coordinate the 3,722 who will be in the polling stations, with the Electoral Boards, and for the communication and resolution of incidents of a logistical or operational nature that may arise, and he took the opportunity to publicly thank the staff of the Government Delegation for the “extraordinary effort” they make in each electoral process.
Statements by the Government delegate
MEDIA NOTE
· The media have at their disposal video images of recourse of the material of the warehouse of La Garena to be able to use in the elaboration of its informative pieces related to the elections in the following link: https://we.tl/t-ohhgQGXAx5
· The Government Delegation will organize on Saturday, June 8, at 10:00 a.m., a visit to an electoral college to record and take pictures of a voting center. It is the electoral college Blas de Lezo, located in Calle Denébola, number 13, in Parla (Madrid).
The requests made for this must be made through the following email: gabprensa.madrid@correo.gob.es