The increase of vote-by-mail applications for the general elections 23-J It has overwhelmed many of the Post Offices, which had employees on vacation and the electoral period coincided with the month of July.
Thus, in order to act in the best way and guarantee that all citizens can request a vote by mail, the company has formalized 19,400 reinforcement contracts. Too a extended hours in 274 officesespecially in areas where the greatest influx is expected, contemplating the extraordinary opening on non-working days such as Saturdays and holidays. Likewise, in Catalonia there are about a hundred offices that will extend their hours until 10 pm.
In this sense, more than 30% of the employees who had their vacations planned this month have voluntarily requested to delay them to be available during the campaign, which indicates, in the company’s opinion, “the high level of commitment of the workforce Post Office with the public service”.
He Last July 8, 225 offices were opened in towns in Catalonia, Andalusia, the Valencian Community, Murica and the Balearic Islands, and it is also planned that next Saturday, July 15 They open extraordinarily from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 2,061 offices throughout Spain, which implies the vast majority of the network.
The opening will be exclusively to meet the needs of citizens related to the electoral process (delivery of notified electoral documentation and admission of voting by mail). These time extensions and extraordinary openings may be extended depending on how the process of voting by mail evolves in the next days.
Reinforcements in delivery and logistics centers
post office too has reinforced the distribution network with an additional 250 PDAs for delivery of electoral documentation. In addition, a large part of the contracts made are intended to reinforce the delivery staff, especially in tourist areas, for the delivery of electoral documentation.
Also deliveries are scheduled for weekends. Specifically, next Saturday, July 15, there will be an extraordinary distribution throughout the country.
This extraordinary distribution completes the one carried out last Saturday, July 8, in 586 distribution units throughout Spain, in which 3,033 Correos employees worked delivering electoral documentation.
Also transport routes will be adapted for the remittance of documentation from the logistics center to all the distribution units, depending on the needs.
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Similarly, the service will be reinforced in all logistics centers, including the one located at the Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas airport, for the management of international shipments.
Criticism of Feijóo
This Wednesday, the leader of the PP and candidate for the Presidency of the Government, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, recalled that this Thursday, July 13, is the last day to request a vote by mail and has asked the postmen that they work “morning, day and night” to facilitate it. What’s more, he has promised to pay them overtime if he governs for “fulfilling his duty.”