Asked about similar situations in other parts of the country, the communities counselor Manuel Machado revealed to have been aware of four cases where the letter has not arrived, and several other cases where the voting report arrived only on Saturday.
Several Portuguese living in Berlin, Germany, complained this Sunday of not having received the voting report that allowed them to vote for with the embassy pointing “more similar cases”.
“I did not receive. I waited until the last. I thought I was going to receive since several friends received, but nothing. In the last days I called the embassy to ask if I could go there, or if there would be another solution. They replied that, as it was not registered to vote in person could not vote, and perhaps some shipping error had happened,” Nuno Ramos told Lusa.
Portuguese, living for almost 18 years in the German capital, clarified that did not change the address in the last yearand that in the last elections received the letter at home without any problem.
In response to Lusa, a source of the Portugal Embassy in Berlin, he revealed that he has “knowledge of more cases”, but how many.
“We advise voters to use the voter’s portal to follow the shipping of the letter with the bulletin, check if the dwelling data is correct and use that means to get further clarification on the process,” he said.
Also Leonor Barahona was waiting for the letter that It did not reach neither the new address, nor the ancient address.
“May 6th I traveled to Portugal because I had a vacation scheduled. I asked if it would be possible to vote in person since I was in the national territory. They told me that it would not be possible and could not vote for being covered abroad and vote by post, “he shared with the Lusa agency.
Leonor contacted the That, in response, “it was not possible to control the postal services of destination countries”, adding that “electoral administration does everything so that all Portuguese resident abroad have the possibility of exercising what is their right to vote.”
“It’s frustrating because I tried to communicate before, during, and I had no chance of voting,” he said.
“It’s the first time in life we don’t vote”
Ana Rita Costa and her husband did not receive the letters either, after, in the last elections, everything was left without any startle.
“It is the first time in life we did not vote,” lamented the Portuguese to reside in Berlin who sent a request for clarification to the legal office of the National Election Commission.
In response, the It recalls that “being an option the postage vote, it is not possible to exercise the vote in person”, referring to SGGAI the “referral of documentation for the exercise of the vote by post by the voters registered abroad”.
Ana Rita Costa adds that she consulted the Giving the citizen card number and both his voting report and her husband’s were in Lisbon.
Asked about similar situations in other parts of the country, the communities counselor Manuel Machado revealed to have been aware of four cases where the letter has not arrived, and several other cases where the voting report arrived only on Saturday.
