Ministry of Interior

The Ministry of the Inside has issued an in depth information within the type of 14 + 1 brief questions – solutions, which is able to represent the “highway map” of Greeks who will train their proper to vote within the upcoming European elections of June 9, 2024 via a postal vote.

The purpose of the handbook is to higher inform the voters about this new electoral course of which supplies, for the primary time because the institution of the Greek state, the chance to the Greeks of all the world who’ve the precise to vote, no matter their place of residence or keep, to vote from wherever they need.

To additional facilitate the electors who might be voting by mail, the Ministry of the Inside has created an academic video during which the method is visualized step-by-step.

A complete of 202,515 voters have registered on the related platform of the Ministry of the Inside, of which 152,311 are residents of the territory whereas 50,204 dwell overseas or are residents of Greece and have chosen to vote overseas, a quantity virtually thrice greater than those that voted within the final nationwide elections, in June 2023. The registrants come from 128 totally different international locations all over the world, whereas it’s price noting that 90 of them didn’t have a polling station in operation within the final nationwide elections. Subsequently, Greek residents of those international locations will be capable of train their proper to vote from their place of residence for the primary time.

15 questions – solutions

When will I obtain the election supplies?

• The Ministry of the Inside has already despatched the electoral supplies to the voters registered within the particular electoral lists of the postal vote.
• If in case you have not already acquired an replace, you may be notified within the contact data you offered throughout registration (e-mail, SMS or Viber) in regards to the supply of your bundle. The envelope might be delivered by a courier to the deal with you might have offered. Alternatively, you might have the choice to gather it from a postal firm retailer.
• You possibly can monitor the progress of your bundle through the monitoring system of the postal firms.

Can another person decide up the election supplies on my behalf?

• The receipt of the file should be accomplished by you or by a 3rd occasion expressly licensed for this goal. You possibly can full this authorization via the “gov.gr” digital portal or by bodily attending a KEP or Consular Authority.
• You could present an identification doc to the distributor when receiving the envelope.
• Alternatively, if it has been despatched to you by the postal firm, your Private Identification Quantity (PIN) could also be used.

What does the envelope I’ll obtain include?

The folder you’ll obtain comprises the next:

• The instruction kind, which incorporates detailed directions on tips on how to vote by postal vote in addition to the lists of MEP candidates of all combos,
• The poll paper, on which you’ll mark the mix and MEP candidates of your desire,
• The voting envelope, during which you should place solely the poll,
• The appliance – accountable declaration of postal voting, which you’ll alternatively submit digitally via the epistoliki.ypes.gov.gr platform, and
• The postal vote return envelope, which you’ll ship to the postal vote assortment level.

What’s the course of for voting by mail?

The postal voting course of is very simple and can take you no various minutes. The method is detailed within the instruction sheet you’ll obtain.

You may also view the coaching video produced by the Residence Workplace which visualizes the step-by-step course of by clicking right here.

The helpful video has additionally been posted on the web site of the Ministry of the Inside, particularly within the postal voting class, the place all of the information associated to the postal voting course of are gathered.

What number of candidates can I vote for?

• 31 events and occasion coalitions take part within the European elections, with 21 to 42 MEP candidates per mixture.
• You possibly can solely vote for one mixture and from 0 to 4 MEP candidates of that mixture. You even have the choice to vote white.

What’s the type of the poll and the way do I fill it out?

• The postal vote poll is totally different from the ballots normally utilized in elections in Greece. It’s a single, double-sided web page poll and never the well-known “bundle” with the lists of candidates of every mixture.
• On the primary facet of the poll there are the 31 combos collaborating within the European elections. There you’ll put a cross with a blue or black pen subsequent to the mix of your desire. To vote clean, you’ll put a cross subsequent to the corresponding discipline “I don’t select any of the above. I am voting white.” or you’ll not select any mixture.
• On the again of the poll paper, you will note a big sq., inside that are contained 42 smaller squares, numbered from 1 to 42. To pick out a candidate(s) of your most well-liked mixture, you should choose the variety of it corresponds to, as acknowledged within the instruction kind contained within the envelope with the election supplies you’ll obtain. You possibly can vote for 0 to 4 MEP candidates of a mix.
• Lastly, under the sq. with the 42 numbers, there’s a particular field during which you state the variety of MEP candidates you might have voted for, i.e. from 0 to 4. When you go away the particular field clean or should you select greater than 4 candidates, then your vote will might be counted in favor of the mix you chose, however no desire crosses might be counted.

Are there particular preparations for individuals with disabilities?

• On the web site epistoliki.ypes.gov.gr/myvote you may fill out the poll paper by selecting the mix and the candidates you wish to vote for and print it. This risk makes it simpler, specifically, for individuals with disabilities to freely train their proper to vote.
• This web site is specifically designed for individuals with disabilities and its use is totally nameless.

What can I do if I make a mistake when filling within the poll or utility – accountable declaration?

In case you make a mistake when filling within the poll or the accountable declaration, you may print the poll and the accountable declaration in A4 or Letter sizes from the web site of the Ministry of the Inside. Go to the epistoliki.ypes.gov.gr platform, choose “Postal Voting Directions” after which “Postal Voting Recordsdata” or click on right here.

What can I do if I lose the envelope with the election supplies?

The voting envelope, along with the opposite supplies, should be saved in a secure place. Sadly, it isn’t doable to resend the envelope, as it’s private and reprinting will take time, which is not going to will let you obtain your vote in time.

How do I publish my postal vote?

• The envelope should be despatched by you or by a 3rd occasion expressly licensed for this goal or – if the postal firm has despatched you a Private Identification Quantity (PIN) – by disclosing this quantity. It’s endorsed that the return envelope be in good situation and as delivered.
• In case you are in Greece, the envelope is returned freed from cost to the deal with already written on it, with the identical postal firm that delivered the election supplies to you. All that’s required is to make sure that the envelope is distributed on time. You possibly can both contact the corporate and organize for a corporation worker to choose up the postal vote return envelope out of your premises, or you may come to one of many firm’s shops and hand within the postal vote return envelope.
• In case you are overseas, should you want to ship your envelope freed from cost, contact the corporate that delivered the envelope to you. Alternatively, you may select one other transport technique at your personal expense, guaranteeing that your postal vote is acquired in time on the postal vote assortment level by Saturday, June 8, 2024, and 17:00 Greek time.

By when do I’ve to ship my postal vote to make sure it’s counted?

• So as to be counted, postal votes should arrive on the postal vote assortment website by Saturday, June 8, 2024 at 17:00 Greek time.
• In case you are in Greece, and also you select to ship the envelope out of your place by calling a postal firm worker, the deadline for sending is Monday, June 3, 2024. Within the occasion that you simply come to one of many firm’s shops to ship the return envelope for a postal vote , the deadline is Tuesday, June 4, 2024. In case you are abroad, the envelope should be despatched by Tuesday, Might 28, 2024. When you ship your envelope after the above dates, it might not arrive in time.
• You’ll obtain affirmation that your postal vote has been acquired on the contact particulars you offered once you registered. If for any cause your file is just not acquired, you may be notified on the contact particulars you might have offered and it is possible for you to to train your proper to vote in particular person at your polling station from 11:00 to 19:00 on the day of the European elections. You possibly can go to the “Study the place you vote” utility of the Ministry of Inside at mpp.ypes.gov.gr to find the polling station the place you may vote.

What occurs after I ship my postal vote?

• The postal vote return envelope will arrive on the postal vote assortment website in Greece, the place it will likely be acquired by the competent Postal Vote Assortment Committee. Will probably be positioned in a particular deposit field, which is saved completely.
• On the day of the European elections, the particular guard poll containers might be handed over to the Electoral Committees for the Sorting of Postal Votes, which is able to open the postal vote return envelopes, verify the voters’ data and separate the voting envelopes, which they’ll place within the poll containers.
• At 19:00, the polls will open and the postal votes might be counted, concurrently the votes throughout the nation.

What if I by chance mail my postal vote to the improper deal with?

The transport deal with is pre-filled on the postal vote return envelope.

Can I vote in particular person if I’m registered to vote by mail?

• Within the occasion that your postal vote is just not acquired by the deadline, i.e. by Saturday 8 June 2024 at 17:00 Greek time, then the judicial consultant at your electoral division might be knowledgeable of the non-receipt of the envelope and can will let you vote in particular person presence there on Sunday 9 June from 11.00 am. till 7.00pm
• In another case, in case your postal vote is acquired in time, you’ll in fact not be capable of vote in particular person on the day of the European elections.

The place can I discover extra data?

For extra data, go to epistoliki.ypes.gov.gr and choose “Directions for postal voting” or name +30 210 626 6222 24 hours a day, 7 days every week.