“The voters’ right to vote was seriously stolen and seriously damaged the political formation I represent.” The People’s Party of Alicante state denounced an alleged electoral offense before the Provincial Electoral Board against the popular candidate in the Benidorm City Council headed by the Electoral Census and the Post Office. Tony Perez.
They reported this in a letter requesting the Alicante Election Board to “request the Election Census Bureau and the Post Office to resolve and correct the reported irregularities and forward this complaint to the prosecutor’s office”. An election offense to initiate a timely trial and to investigate those responsible for such serious incidents”.
The document was signed by the PP’s electoral representative in the province and Benidorm councilor José Ramón González de Zárate and presented to the Provincial Election Board on 16 March.
The popular ones reveal that they learned about “complaints and claims from people requesting votes by mail” in the envelope they received from the Post Office in order to exercise their right to vote through this option. The Benidorm City Council People’s Party’s candidacy document for the 2023 municipal elections” and yes, the documents of other political options. And although they cannot measure how many people will be affected, they assure that they are aware of “many cases” and that it is not a “specific or isolated mistake”. .
On the contrary, for the regional elections to be held on the same day, they ensure that the ballot papers of all formations united on 28 May, including the People’s Party itself, are attached.
Thus, from the PP, both the Electoral Census Office and the Post Office stated in their complaints, “LOREG’s 73.2 voters will be at the address indicated by LOREG from the thirty-fourth day from the date of the call and before the sixth day before the voting, or if the census cannot be found at that address, the ballot papers and the envelope containing the election envelopes, the certificate of approval specified in the previous paragraph, and the address of the ballot box center where you will vote. An explanatory sheet is attached to the above documents.
The provincial representative of the People’s Party regrets that the candidacy of the Benidorm PP, of which Toni Pérez as number 3 is a part, has become involved in this issue, which, in his own words, has “seriously harmed” them. and, in turn, found that many citizens “injured themselves at the prospect of exercising” their voting rights due to the omission of their ballot papers.
“We demand an investigation of the facts and a clarification of responsibilities,” said González de Zárate, and in turn urged citizens requesting a postal vote to check the envelope they received: “People in Benidorm, go to headquarters to request it, but who’s out there?” complains the politician.
Therefore, they demand that a new shipment be sent to all citizens requesting votes by mail, in which all the ballot papers of all parties participating in the 28-M municipal and regional elections are correctly included.