There are bulletins for the second round that may contain all candidates (and a few more)

Ricardo Sousa, Joana Amaral Dias, José Cardoso – names that, despite not even being candidates, appear on the voting papers. Even more curious is that they may be present in the second round (at least, in some bulletins).

It’s already strange that Ricardo Sousa, Joana Amaral Dias and José Cardosonot being candidates, are on the ballot. Even stranger is the possibility that they are also in a possible second round.

The Portuguese will choose the President of the Republic next Sunday, with voters abroad being able to make their choice that day and also the day before, always in person.

If there is a second round, emigrant voters will be able to vote on the 7th and 8th of February. This implies that the ballot papers for this second round will have to be prepared, printed in Portugal and sent to the countries where these Portuguese voters reside.

Plan B with everyone (and a few more)

O time is not long and, therefore, the spokesperson for the National Elections Commission (CNE), André Wemansguarantees that there is already a plan B in case the new ballots do not reach all Portuguese voters abroad in time.

The objective is, if there is a second round in this electoral race, for the new ballots to reach voters, for which all possible means will be used.

In cases where this does not materialize, and which are expected to be punctual, the plan B assumes that voting will be done on the first round ballots – with all candidates and even non-candidates Ricardo Sousa, Joana Amaral Dias and José Cardoso.

The number of voters registered for Sunday’s elections is 11,039,672, of which 1,777,019 vote abroad.

In this vote, 226,956 more Portuguese people living abroad voted than in 2021.

They are candidates for these elections Gouveia e Melo, Luís Marques Mendes (supported by PSD and CDS), Antonio Filipe (supported by PCP), Catarina Martins (Left Bloc), António José Seguro (supported by the PS), the painter Humberto Correiathe trade unionist André Pestana, Jorge Pinto (supported by Livre), Cotrim Figueiredo (supported by the Liberal Initiative), Andre Ventura (supported by Chega) and the musician Manuel João Vieira.