What to do if we have a polling station and we have paid vacations?

The announcement of electoral advance of Pedro Sánchez It has completely surprised all Spaniards.

There will be millions of citizens on vacation, with their tickets and reservations paid for, and a few thousand will receive notification of the Electoral Board that bathing on the beach or that dream trip all year long can make them bitter.

The advancement of the elections to July 23 has been totally unexpected. In the middle of summer it will be difficult to create the polling stations since July gains followers compared to August to go on vacation.

This year, 73% of citizens will spend them in Spain compared to 27% abroad. For this reason, the question among Spaniards is the same: What to do if you have to be part of the electoral table? The Electoral Board law It does not include vacations as an exemption to get rid of being at a table, but there is a very similar justification: by analogy, the fact that having to attend an irreplaceable and economically damaging family event.

Meanwhile, while the Government studies requesting a change in the electoral law to include vacations as exemption. Until it is determined, it is important to certify that the reservation of your vacation was made before the announcement.

The subject of vacations is not a casuistry that is regulated in the regulations as such but it can function as a defense by analogy. But it is not 100 percent safe since it depends on the Electoral Board of the area to look at it case by case and allow the exclusion for a polling station.