This is how the day of reflection is being lived in Spain

Highlights: Tomorrow, more than 35 million people are called to the polls to elect their mayors throughout Spain. For the municipalities, there are exactly 35,000,074 Spaniards and 414,581 foreigners who will be able to exercise their right to vote. There are 17,335,748 registered (more than one million residents outside Spain) for the regional ones (to renew the Assemblies of Ceuta and Melilla there are 115,421 registered) A total of 1,812,761 people will be responsible for attending the 60,587 polling stations distributed throughout the country.

Tomorrow, more than 35 million people are called to the polls to elect their mayors throughout Spain, while for the regional elections

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Tomorrow, more than 35 million people are called to the polls to elect their mayors throughout Spain, while for the regional elections, the census is reduced to just over 17 million.

For the municipalities, there are exactly 35,000,074 Spaniards and 414,581 foreigners who will be able to exercise their right to vote. On the other hand, there are 17,335,748 registered (more than one million residents outside Spain) for the regional ones (to renew the Assemblies of Ceuta and Melilla there are 115,421 registered).

A total of 1,812,761 people will be responsible for attending the 60,587 polling stations distributed throughout the country for the municipal and regional elections this Sunday, a task for which each of them will charge 70 euros as a diet, the same amount as in the last general elections.

As in every electoral process, the municipalities were in charge of choosing by lot the presidents and members who will have to attend the more than 60,000 tables that will be constituted in the 22,916 polling stations or premises that will be enabled to deposit the vote.

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14:21

The instructions in the polling stations include for the first time the measures to facilitate their work to people with disabilities

The 910,000 instruction manuals distributed in all polling stations for this Sunday's elections include, for the first time, the measures put in place to facilitate the task of people with disabilities who integrate polling stations.

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14:03

The Government ensures "total transparency and maximum guarantee" in the elections after the controversy over the purchase of votes

The Secretary of State for Communication, Francesc Vallès, has guaranteed this Saturday that the electoral elections of this Sunday, May 28, will take place with "total transparency, neutrality and normality" in full controversy over the alleged purchase of votes in Melilla, Mojácar and Albudeite (Murcia).

"Our electoral system is one of the safest and most secure in the world. Citizens tomorrow can go to vote with absolute tranquility, "said Vallès at a press conference offered this Saturday from the National Center for Data Dissemination accompanied by the undersecretary of the Ministry of the Interior, Isabel Goicoechea.

In this regard, and avoiding making any kind of political assessment in the day of reflection in relation to this matter, the Secretary of State for Communication has called for calm to citizens insisting that it is the eleventh second time that Spaniards are called to the polls in an electoral process since democracy was established and that this Sunday will run "as always, with maximum normality."

Asked if he considers that the known cases of vote buying in Melilla can reduce participation in this autonomous city, Vallès has categorically denied it and has pointed out that citizens "will participate, as they have always done", reiterating that the system works "perfectly, identifies, detects and repairs possible irregularities".

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13:56

Decalogue for undecided voters in Madrid: 'hubs', homeland, pyrotechnics, more or less IRPF, hunting or pampering animals ...

With the ballot boxes already ready, a final review of the program of the parties is clarifying for the undecided ballots or, at least, so that the faithful vote, of those who go to the polling station as to Sunday mass, is with knowledge of the facts. What are the essential promises? Which ones border on the occurrence of so original?

Read Ruth Díaz's report.

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13:45

Ayuso walks through the park of Santander and will spend the day with the family

The president of the Community of Madrid and PP candidate for re-election, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, has taken a walk through the Santander Park, in the Madrid district of Chamberí.

There, the regional president has toured the new spaces of this green area and has also chatted with some neighbors who have come to greet her, to whom she has said that the rest of the day of reflection will be spent accompanied by her family.

Isabel Díaz Ayuso, after closing her campaign last night with a rally at the Palacio de Congresos, will seek to revalidate her position, for the third time, on tomorrow's election day in which she will cast her vote at the La Inmaculada-Marillac school, in the same district of Chamberí.

The candidate for the presidency of the Community of Madrid Isabel Díaz Ayuso.FERNANDO VILLAR

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13:36

Citizens go to the polls trying to achieve representation in all communities

Citizens will go to the polls tomorrow with the aim of achieving representation in the communities in which elections will be held and that the "center" is represented in Spain, also in the most relevant municipalities.

This party is aware of the "delicate" situation it is experiencing, especially in recent months, in which there have been casualties and leaks mainly to the Popular Party (PP). The last one, that of the former head of the delegation of Citizens in the European Parliament Luis Garicano, who was known in the middle of the campaign that will collaborate with the popular foundation.

Despite this, the party faced this new electoral appointment with "illusion" and above all with the message that it can be "decisive" in places such as the Region of Murcia, Asturias or Madrid. However, according to the surveys that have been published these days, the scenario is different and everything indicates that Ciudadanos will be left without representation in the parliaments of various communities.

The candidate of Cs to the Mayor of Madrid, Begoña Villacís, has wished a "happy day of reflection" to the people of Madrid who are called to the polls tomorrow, stressing that "life is to unite and face challenges as a team".

The deputy mayor and candidate of Cs to the Mayor of Madrid, Begoña Villacís, officiates a civil wedding this Saturday. Borja Sanchez-Trillo

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13:25

Ortega Smith takes advantage of the day of reflection to visit museums in Madrid

The Vox candidate for Mayor of Madrid, Javier Ortega Smith, took advantage of the day of reflection this Saturday to visit those "precious" museums that this city has, starting with the National Museum of Decorative Arts.

Through a video of just over 30 seconds, Ortega Smith announced what his plan is for this day of reflection prior to the municipal and regional elections to be held tomorrow. In this audiovisual piece you can see him hand in hand with his wife, Paulina Sánchez del Río Nájera, at the entrance of the aforementioned museum.

For her part, the candidate for the Presidency of the Community of Madrid, Rocío Monasterio, decided to spend the day "recovering time" with her children and telling them campaign anecdotes after two weeks touring different parts of this region.

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13:16

Some 100,000 people with intellectual disabilities vote tomorrow: "It is a group motivated to political participation"

Around 100,000 people with intellectual disabilities are called to exercise their right to vote this Sunday in the municipal and regional elections, in which a high participation of this group is expected. "It is especially motivated to political participation," the president of Full Inclusion, Enrique Galván, told Europa Press.

After decades of struggle under the initiative 'My vote counts', the entities that are part of Full Inclusion managed to promote in Parliament the reform of the Organic Law of the General Electoral Regime (LOREG) to allow people with intellectual disabilities in the country to vote.

The first elections with the participation of the collective were the general elections of April 28, 2019 and then they also exercised their right to vote in the repetition of them, in November of that same year, and also in the regional elections held in 2020, 2021 and 2022 in Galicia, Basque Country, Catalonia, Castilla y León, Community of Madrid or Andalusia.

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13:12

Reyes Maroto calls for reflection because "tomorrow is an important day" for Madrid

The PSOE candidate for Mayor of Madrid, Reyes Maroto, has called on citizens to reflect for the elections because "tomorrow is an important day" to decide "what Madrid they want for the next four years.

Maroto has walked with her husband through Madrid Río and they will go to eat at the Barrio de las Letras. In the afternoon, the plan of the socialist candidate is to study with her children and watch the final of the Queen's Cup of women's football, between Real Madrid and Atlético de Madrid.

"Today you can see our proposals, analyze candidates and tomorrow go to vote knowing that each person with their vote decides what government they want for this city," Maroto said.

For his part, the regional candidate of the PSOE, Juan Lobato, has assured this Saturday that he is "calm" after the "work done" and explain the "potential of Madrid".

Lobato ha acudido esta mañana con su mujer y sus tres hijos a Caixa Forum para ver la exposición 'Mamut. El gigante de la edad de hielo', un plan que "emocionaba" al mediano de la familia.

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12:51

Las elecciones renovarán la composición del Senado, con el reparto de 31 senadores por designación autonómica

Las elecciones de este domingo servirán también para diseñar una nueva composición del Senado, ya que los doce parlamentos regionales en los que se celebran comicios este 28 de mayo tendrán que repartir un total de 31 senadores por designación en función de los resultados. Eso sí, no está en peligro la mayoría que actualmente tiene el PSOE en la Cámara Alta, aunque sí que alterará la estructura de muchos grupos.

El Senado tiene 208 senadores elegidos por los ciudadanos en las generales y otros 57 de designación autonómica, de los que 31 están pendientes de renovar en estas elecciones: siete de la Comunidad de Madrid, cinco de la Comunitat Valenciana, tres de Canarias y otros tantos de Castilla-La Mancha; dos, respectivamente, de Asturias, Aragón, Baleares, Extremadura y Murcia; y uno por cada parlamento de Cantabria, Navarra y La Rioja.

El reparto por partidos es proporcional al resultado que logran en las autonómicas así que lo que ocurra este domingo determinará a quién pertenece cada nuevo senador. De estos 31, ahora mismo el PSOE tiene 12 puestos, el PP otros 12, y el resto, con uno por partido, se dividen entre PRC, Compromís, PAR, Més per Mallorca, Más Madrid, Ciudadanos y Geroa Bai, además de un exsenador de Ciudadanos que actualmente está en el Grupo Mixto.

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12:45

Denuncian que trabajadores de la EMT de Palma no tienen permiso de la empresa para ir a votar

El Sindicato Independiente de Trabajadores y Empleados de las Islas Baleares (SITEIB) ha denunciado que a muchos conductores de la EMT de Palma que trabajan en la jornada electoral de este domingo del 28M no podrán disponer de unas horas para votar, sino que deben cogerse el día libre.

En un comunicado, este sindicato informa que la empresa notificó este viernes a los trabajadores que, en vez de darles las horas libres que establece la ley, se les computará como día libre.

La indignación entre los conductores afectados es "máxima" ya que se trata de un "abuso de derecho" por parte de la empresa de autobuses municipal, critica este sindicato.

El SITEIB anuncia la interposición de demandas judiciales por entender que la medida de la empresa, además de "injusta", es totalmente ilegal por tratarse de un abuso de derecho y por haber comunicado una modificación de la jornada de los trabajadores con sólo 48 horas de antelación, cuando la ley establece que, en los casos de distribución irregular de jornada, debe ser de un mínimo de cinco días.

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12:35

Rita Maestre llama a participar en el 28M: "Que nadie nos robe nuestro derecho a elegir"

La candidata de Más Madrid a la Alcaldía de Madrid, Rita Maestre, ha hecho este sábado, día de reflexión antes de las elecciones del 28 de mayo, un llamamiento a la participación en las elecciones del domingo para que "nadie nos robe nuestro derecho a elegir" y ha pedido que "vayamos a las urnas a decidir el futuro que queremos para Madrid".

Maestre, acompañada por la candidata autonómica, Mónica García, ha dado este sábado un paseo por la Feria del Libro de Madrid y, en declaraciones a los periodistas, se ha mostrado "satisfecha" del trabajo de su formación política durante la campaña electoral, que ha sido "limpia", "llena de propuestas" y "ha recorrido Madrid de punta a punta".

"Esperamos que con este proyecto y el trabajo de estos años tengamos un fantástico resultado este próximo domingo", ha expresado.

La candidata de Más Madrid a la Presidencia regional, Mónica García, y la candidata a la alcaldía de Madrid, Rita Maestre.SERGIO PEREZ

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