The 31 events and coalitions collaborating within the 2024 European Elections on June 9 should collect at the very least 3% of the vote to have the ability to elect an MEP.
The election for the nomination of the members of the European Parliament is carried out by direct, common and secret poll, both in particular person on the established electoral divisions, or by postal vote.
A complete of 720 MEPs are to be elected from the 27 member states, whereas Greek voters are invited to elect 21 MEPs.
Who has the correct to vote?
– have reached the age of 17. Within the elections of June 9, 2024, these born as much as and together with the 12 months 2007 will vote. It must be famous that January 1, 2007 is taken into account the date of beginning of all these born within the 12 months,
– are registered within the electoral rolls of the nation’s municipalities and
– they haven’t been disadvantaged of this proper.
Voters come to the voting corridor, one following the other or in small teams or as particularly decided by the electoral fee, which acknowledges their id and verifies their registration within the electoral roll.
The personnel of the Greek Police, the Fireplace Brigade and the army personnel who serve in any capability within the Armed Forces, or within the Coast Guard, who vote based mostly on the particular electoral lists within the Area they serve, come to the polling station individually and never coordinated or with any escort.
The identification of voters for the train of their proper to vote relies on their police id card or the related non permanent certificates of the competent authority or their passport or driver’s license or the person well being guide of all insurance coverage funds. The identification of the army and people serving within the safety forces is completed by their army or service id playing cards. It’s famous that any “lower” ID playing cards are acceptable.
Specifically for passports, it’s identified that an expired Greek passport can also be enough, even when it was issued by the related prefectural self-government earlier than the switch of the related authority to the Greek Police. The identification of residents of the European Union relies on a legitimate id card or a legitimate passport or driver’s license.
The place do I vote?
To search out the polling station you are voting in, you may see the Dwelling Workplace web site, ‘Discover out the place you are voting’. Your electoral division is decided based mostly in your residential deal with.
Every voter is given a novel envelope which is initialed on the time of its supply by the consultant of the judicial authority and sealed with the seal of the electoral fee. Together with the envelope, an entire set of poll types of all collaborating combos is given in addition to a clean poll paper.
Afterwards, the voter withdraws to the particular partition (display) the place, with out being a spectator, he’ll place the poll of his alternative within the envelope. Then the voter, following sticking the envelope, returns and, in entrance of the electoral committee and the opposite attendees, in an effort to guarantee that he’s holding just one envelope with the stamp of the committee, he himself drops the envelope into the poll field.
The voter is prohibited from casting his poll within the poll field:
a) if this isn’t within the envelope with the particular function or if the envelope has not been closed and
b) if the voter didn’t first retire to the separate space (display).
What number of crosses do the voters put?
The desire cross is marked with a black or blue pen. The electoral committee of every electoral division should inform the voters that they’ll specific their desire in favor of a most of 4 candidates of the mixture by marking on the poll paper subsequent to the title of every desire cross. Due to this fact, as much as 4 desire crosses will be positioned on the poll papers of the combos.
Nonetheless, within the occasion {that a} voter locations greater than 4 desire crosses, this poll just isn’t invalid however is counted in favor of the mixture, with out taking into consideration any desire cross.
When do the polls shut?
The polls will open from 07:00 within the morning and shut at 19:00 within the followingnoon. Upon the expiry of the desired voting finish time and whether it is established that there are nonetheless voters who want to train their proper to vote, the electoral fee might prolong the voting for a most of two hours. Within the occasion of an interruption, for any cause, of the voting, it’s prolonged with the settlement of the consultant of the judicial authority, for a time period equal to the length of any interruption.
In distinctive and absolutely justified instances, the electoral committee can prolong the voting past the 2 hours in addition to the time that the vacations lasted, till the variety of voters current is exhausted.
After the top of the voting, the President of the electoral fee declares the top of the voting and the doorways of the polling station are closed. Instantly following, the method of opening the poll field, counting the envelopes, sorting the votes and saying the voting outcomes begins.
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