Those who intend to exercise your right to vote in these European elections They can do so in two ways: in person or through voting by mail. Yes indeed, You can only choose one of the two options and the second, as long as they have requested it. Voting by mail is ‘activated’ from the moment the call for elections is published, something that for European events held in Spain June 9 happened last April: since then, the clock has been ticking and with it, the deadlines to take each of the steps. The vote by mail could be requested until May 30 and Correos has been sending the ballots and the rest of the electoral documentation to everyone who has requested it.

But the next step is cast the ballot (unless the voter chooses to abstain, which is also an option). In the event that the voter wants to deposit the ballot of one of the 34 matches presented or, failing that, present a blank vote, you must do so before the end of the period allowed for this. Initially, the vote by mail could be delivered until this Thursday, June 6, but at the receive a higher number of applications than expected, the deadline has been extended. In this way, for these European elections You can vote by mail until Friday, June 7the day before the day of reflection and two days before the electoral appointment.

What is needed to vote by mail?

To deliver the vote by mail it is necessary identify yourself to the Post Office staff. This can be done with an ID, passport or any other identification document, always in person. But in the case in which the voter cannot go in person to the Post Office, he can ‘delegate’ the delivery of her vote to a third person. Of course, to do so you must also present a signed authorization with identification documentation of the person who is going to vote on your behalf.

In this case, the most comfortable thing is titar of the authorization model that Correos makes available to voters, which would have to be filled out with the necessary data: name and surname and ID of the voter, municipality and province of the polling station that corresponds to the same and the personal information (name, surname and ID) of the person who will cast their vote in their name. This authorization must be signed and always accompanied by a photocopy of the IDboth of the voter and of the person authorized to vote on his or her behalf.

Until what time can you vote by mail?

Vote by mail can be deposited at any Post Office until Friday, June 7, but always during office hours. It must be remembered that some have morning hours only, so in some points it is possible to vote only until 2:30 p.m. It is best to check the specific hours of the office where each voter plans to go to check their hours, and also come with a little marginin case there were many people waiting and long lines formed to vote.

To do this, you can use the post office finderin which typing an address shows you in a map which is the nearest office, with relevant data such as your contact telephone number or the hours, day by day, in which the office is in service.