It’s not clear if we have learned anything from the postal-vote scandal made nationally famous by Mojácar and Melilla, but which also occurred in several other municipalities.
Apparently, one needs one’s ID card to ask for a postal vote – they’ll give you an envelope and the papeletas from all the different parties. However, when you post your vote with your one chosen papeleta, you don’t need to show any documents, and of course, a friend could post it for you following the modest consideration of a 100€ (or perhaps a little more).
Now maybe in local elections, it’s about the personal advantage; whereas, in the general elections, things are different. Yes, we cynics might want Señor X to win, but we aren’t going to go around buying millions of votes off impoverished or immoral people we may have picked up in a bar.
Not when it’s cheaper to use our friends in the media: Giménez Losantos, Ana Rosa, La Razón, OKDiario, Canal Sur, El Mundo, Alvise Pérez, El Hormiguero and a host of others who are all working hard on helping the citizens decide between right or, uh, wrong.
Like the slogan ‘Comunísmo o libertad’ (Ayuso)
Or maybe ‘Sánchez o España’ (Vox)
Voting in the middle of the summer causes problems – everyone is on their hols; except, and sorry for them, those who have to be present across Spain to manage the polling stations. They’ll be disappointed. For everyone else who might be away, we return to the always trusty postal vote.
Thus, we read that Correos is hiring an extra 5,500 sorters this summer to handle the extra work caused by the sudden election.
As for the dodgy votes scandal – well, they’re asking for fresh elections in Mojácar.
Not that this is at all likely.
Maybe, if they do, then I’ll stand this time.
See, I have a cunning plan.
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