Storm Kristin forced voting locations to be changed in six municipalities. This historic second round between António José Seguro and André Ventura also has 1,118 hospitalized patients and 3,777 prisoners registered for early voting.
Around 309,000 voters signed up to vote in advance on Sunday, in the second round of elections. 90 thousand more than in the first round, according to data from the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Internal Administration (SGMAI).
According to provisional data sent to Lusa, the electoral administration received 308,501 registrations from voters who intend to vote in advance on February 1st.
Of those registered, 300,839 refer to registrations in mainland Portugal, 3,951 in the Autonomous Region of Madeira and 3,711 in the Azores.
The districts with the highest number of registrants are Lisbon (89,689), Porto (50,518), Setúbal (26,580), Braga (17,601), Aveiro (17,257), Faro (16,621), Coimbra (15,035), Santarém (12,242) and Leiria (11,663).
In the first round, 218,481 voters registered to vote in advance on January 11th.
Early mobile voting in the second ballot, on February 1, will be possible for registered voters in Portugal who signed up to exercise their right to vote on that day.
Registration closed at 23:59 last Thursday, January 29th.
Voters going to the polls on Sunday must go to the polling station in the municipality they chose when registering.
There is at least one table in each municipality on the continent and in the Autonomous Regions of the Azores and Madeira, according to information from the Voter Portal.
Those affected by the storm change their voting location
In a note published on Friday on the Voter Portal, the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Internal Administration (SGMAI) informs that the change was decided “for reasons of force majeure”, at the request of the six municipal chambers.
In the municipality of Vieira do Minho, in the district of Braga, the new voting location will be the headquarters of the Vieira do Minho Parish Council (Antiga Casa do Povo), according to information published on the Voter Portal.
In Alvaiázere, in the district of Leiria, voting will take place this time at the volunteer fire station.
In the municipality of Leiria, also affected by the depression, the voting location changes to Escola Secundária Francisco Rodrigues Lobo.
In Torres Vedras, in the Lisbon district, it will be in the City Council Building.
In Alcácer do Sal, in the district of Setúbal, voting will take place at the headquarters of the parish council of Alcácer do Sal (Santiago).
In Silves, in the district of Faro, early voting will take place in the municipal swimming pools building.
How to vote?
Voters must go to the polling station, present their civil identification document and indicate the parish where they are registered. After voting, they will be given a duplicate of the security sticker that serves as proof of exercising their right to vote.
If a voter registered to vote is unable to do so, they can exercise their right to vote on February 8 at the polling station or section where they are registered.
In addition to the 308,501 registered to vote on February 1, there are 1,118 hospitalized patients and 3,777 prisoners who registered to vote in advance in the second round.
In this case, the election takes place between the 2nd and 3rd of February, and it is up to the Mayor or his representative to go to the hospital or prison to collect the vote.
A historic second round
The choice of the new President of the Republic in the second round will be between António José Seguro and André Ventura, the two presidential candidates with the most votes in the first round, on January 18th.
The first time there were early voting tables in all municipalities in the country was during the January 2021 presidential elections, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic in Portugal. At that time, 246,922 voters registered to vote in advance on mobility.
