The lighter side of the EU election in Spain

The lighter side of the EU election in Spain
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By h.b. - Jun 7, 2009 - 11:39 PM
There were several examples of the lighter side of EU Election Day across Spain on Sunday

Two nuns voting in the Colegio Bernadette in Madrid - EFE

In Barcelona the local police had to go to the homes of several supervisors of a polling station who overslept.

In Huelva, one of the voting table’s spokesmen said he could not read or write, but his substitute did not want to replace him.

In Valladolid, a priest who should have supervised a voting table was excused when he said he had to take mass.

A drunk was arrested after hitting a civil guard inside a polling station in Balalcázar in Córdoba, but this was one of a very few such incidents.

A practically blind man asked for a policeman to help him to vote in Pamplona, claiming a helper had tried to change his vote.
In Badalona, Barcelona, a thief stole the bag from a postman on a moped, which was carrying a dozen or so postal votes, although it’s not thought the thief knew that.

The case came to light of a man in Navarra who gave a postal vote but who died before election day. The Junta Electoral decided that his vote could be counted.

The rapidly changing face of Spain was illustrated in Salamanca where a 74 year old pensioner took control of one of the new electronic voting systems. She said she was ‘excited to help’.

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