Mobile early voting, for which voters can register between Sunday and Thursday for the March 10 legislative elections, has increased more than 20-fold since its introduction in 2019.
The form of early mobile voting, established after the entry into force of Organic Law No. 3/218 on the occasion of the elections of Portuguese Members of the European Parliament in 2019, was chosen by 285,848 in the 2022 legislative elections.
In the 2019 European elections, 13,455 voters cast their ballots via mobility, a number that increased to 50,638 in that year’s legislative elections and 197,903 in the 2021 presidential elections, held during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Registered voters in Portugal can register from Sunday to Thursday to vote in advance by mobility, a week before legislative elections on March 10.
In this case, voters register at the polling station of their choice in the municipality on the mainland or in the autonomous regions of the Azores and Madeira, electronically on the website www.votoantecipado.mai.gov.pt or by mail sent to the Secretariat – General Ministry of the Interior.
Early voting by mobility throughout the country is possible until March 3, that is, “the seventh day before the elections (Sunday), at the early voting table that will be installed in each municipality chosen by the voter.”
If a voter is registered to vote via mobility but is unable to exercise that right on the designated date, March 3, he or she will be able to vote on Legislative Election Day, March 10, at a polling place or precinct. where it is registered.
Before the 2019 European elections, the opportunity to vote early was given to voters living abroad, hospitalized or serving a prison sentence.
Early legislative elections are scheduled for March 10, with 19 political forces taking part in them, and the number of registered voters will increase by more than five thousand compared to 2022.
More than 10.8 million voters at home and abroad will be called upon to vote and choose the party they believe should form the next government or that they believe best represents them, electing 230 seats in the Assembly of the Republic to the next legislature.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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