A number of residents in Orihuela Costa could be set to loose the right to vote in the May 22nd Municipal Elections!
So if you receive a registered letter with the following on the top right hand side:
COMPROBACIÓN CONTINUIDAD RESIDENCIA
you need to act immediately!.........remind anyone of the "missing" 12,000 letters in 2006???????
You will have just 15 days to do something or it´s:
NO PADRON NO VOTE NO VOICE
LEGAL VOTE RIGGING?
According to the Ayuntamiento many of the people in Orihuela Costa are registered on the Padron from past years, they may no longer qualify to be on the Padron. They may not live in Orihuela Costa for more than a 182 days a calendar year, they may have moved house or their personal details may have changed. The Ayuntamiento is sending registered letters, signed by Monica Lorente, to residents asking them to prove they still qualify.
"Proof " seems to involve going personally to the Ayuntamiento within 15 days, with residency and passport.
At the Ayuntamiento you are likely to be handed 2 copies of a form that you must sign stating that you do indeed qualify for residency! One signed copy is for you, the other is for retention by the Ayuntamiento.
At least this was the procedure I witnessed yeterday.
Well now, forgive me for suspecting that more European residents have registered to vote than the Partido Popular expected, particularly as it wasn´t made easy for us. Having gone to all that trouble there may be concern that WE ARE FED UP, WE´VE HAD ENOUGH, WE MEAN BUSINESS, WE INTEND TO VOTE, WE WANT CHANGE, WE WANT A VOICE, WE WANT RIGHTS, WE WANT A HELPFUL COUNCIL, WE WANT SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS, WE WANT HONESTY, WE WANT TRANSPARENCY, WE WANT A COUNCIL WITH VISION, WE WANT TO BE TREATED AS VALUED CITIZENS!
What an opportune time "tidy up" the Padron! The latest brainchild of the dirty tricks department to rob us of our votes as the electoral register deadline draws near and the holiday season is upon us? Every undelivered and uncollected registered letter arriving back at the Ayuntamiento presumably will be one voter stripped of the right to vote. What can we expect next?
Remember, if you receive a letter you need to act speedily! If you qualify to vote but haven´t yet registered, it´s not too late, you have until the 30th December!
Very worrying. More tactics to stay in power.
ReplyDeleteTis is worrying. We did recieve such a letter a few weeks ago. We ave been to Orihuela town hall and have recd. an up to date padron. These people will stop at nothing to cling onto power.
ReplyDeleteI think that I will have a real problem then!!!!
ReplyDeleteAbout two years ago, my regular addresse (in Los Balcones) has been changed to a new one, which is not being recognized by the Postmaster in Torrevieja, (as all post to Los Balcones is being delivered via the Torrevieja post office!!)
With other words , if the Costa-Ayuntamiento, decides to sent a letter to that "new" addresse, I and my wife will never receive either that letter from M.Lorente and neither the voting papers for the next years election!!!
Apart from the faqct that Los Balcones is the oldest and also the first Urbanisation arround here with alraedy well established street-names and house-numbers,...so why are they fooling arround with a postal addresse-system which was and still is working perfectly??? I can understand
that the Ayuntamiento wanted to update the addresses in the new urbanisations, but why touch one which is already over 40 or 50 years old?????
Olaf
Several points: the letters are recorded delivery & must be signed for. If you´re not at home you should get a note to collect the letter at the Correos, in your case it could be posted at the wrong house so you wouldn´t know anything about it.
ReplyDeleteHowever, it occurs to me that rather than wait for a letter you could go directly to the Ayuntamiento & renew your padron & at the same time ask the person to check that you are on the electoral register. (According to the recent meeting about the Electoral Census the Ayuntamiento is obliged to to this for you). If you go the the Ayuntamiento on Tuesday Rosa Martínez will be there to assist. Good luck Olaf!