In addition, the JEC has recalled that the results of these elections, being transnational, cannot be announced before 11 p.m., the day when voting ends in Italy.
The Central Electoral College (JEC) has agreed to extend the deadline for postal voting in the June 9 European elections and has stressed that, because these elections are transnational, the results of these elections cannot be announced before 11 p.m. on Sunday.
On the one hand, and at the proposal of the state-owned company Correosthe JEC has decided to extend the deadline for depositing the postal vote corresponding to the European Parliament elections until June 6, 2024 for all voters located in Spain and during the usual opening hours of the post offices.
According to the JEC, Correos must “exercise extreme caution to ensure that the ballot envelopes can be delivered to the respective polling stations on voting day, within the time limits established by law.”
And in another resolution the arbitration body communicates to the provincial electoral councils that, as laid down in European regulations and included in the election call, “no Member State may officially make public its election results until voting has closed in the Member State whose voters last voted.”
In the case of Spain, this means that the Ministry of the Interior cannot provide recount data before 11 p.m., the day the elections end. votes in Italy.
Source: EITB
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