The content will be available in four languages: Catalan, Spanish, Aranese and English. The information will be updated on a daily basis with relevant information on election committees, candidates, vote counts, results and announcements of the elected officials.
The Ministry of the Vice-Presidency and of Economy and Treasury has activated the institutional website, www.parlament2017.cat, which offers information associated with the elections to the Parliament of Catalonia scheduled for the 21st of December of this year. The website contains everything from a compilation of incidents in voting abroad and a section devoted to FAQs to the results of the previous elections. All of this information will be updated with relevant information on the decisions of the election committees, the announcement of candidates and the publication of results. It will also provide details on how the general vote counting works and announcements of the elected officials.
This website is essentially targeted at voters in Catalonia and abroad, political parties and the media. Today it is being launched in Catalan and Spanish, and it will also be available in Aranese and English in the forthcoming days.
Highlighted content:
Electoral regulations: Compilation of the regulations governing the elections, which will be updated with agreements that the election committees reach during the process.
Election calendar and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): Information on deadlines and paperwork that affects voters, with references to the different ways of voting, such as early voting by post, voters living abroad, accessible voting for voters with visual disabilities or the ill and disabled, among others. Details related to the members of the election committees, the political groups (registration of political groups or accreditation of party representatives and scrutineers). Frequently asked question on how workers will be affected by participating in the elections on a workday, how the vote counting works and the role of public administration representatives on election day.
Forms and paperwork: Forms and requests targeted at all groups involved and instructions on the established procedures (forms for political groups, voting requests for voters living abroad, etc.).
Election information: The most important information on the election process such as the census, the polling stations, the committees, the distribution of the deputies to be elected, the candidates, etc., as well as all information on the election boards and committees: calendar, handbook for committee members and most frequently asked questions with answers for the committee members.
Press office: This section is exclusively targeted at the media. In the forthcoming days, it will contain instructions on how to secure the credentials needed to enter the news centre and the technical requirements and information on locations for the media. It will also offer practical information on tracking the election day through the institutional broadcasting signal.
