Glossari
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Government calling the election
Government which calls and organises an electoral process. The Government of Catalonia, in the case of elections to the Parliament of Catalonia and the General Council of Aran, the Spanish Government, in the case of elections to the Spanish Parliament and the European Parliament.
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Government representatives
People appointed by the government calling the election who on the day of the election send data about voting (electoral roll, turnout, votes, etc.) at each stage of the day to the information collection centre (CRI) by phone or electronically: opening of polling stations, data from polling station committees and turnout summaries or counts from their assigned polling station committee or committees.
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Information collection centre (CRI)
Place to where government representatives send election day data: opening of the polling station committees, the details of the members of the polling station committees, turnout summaries and the results of the provisional count committee by committee (record by record). The CRI has data reception equipment, recording equipment and incidents equipment.
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Initial / final roll
The initial roll is the one provided by the Electoral Roll Office at the National Institute of Statistics (INE) and is valid when the polling station committees are opened. It can be changed on election day by electoral roll certificates or by the decision of the chair of the polling station committee or a legal authority, and the result is the final roll.
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Institutional campaign
Campaign to inform the public about the date of the election, voting procedure and the requirements and procedures for postal voting without influencing people’s decision about who to vote for.
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List
Set of candidates which is presented in a constituency by a political party, federation, coalition of parties or group of voters according to the criteria and requirements set by law.
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Member elect
Candidate who has won a seat for a particular constituency.
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Observer
Person appointed by a list to represent it at a particular polling station committee and of which they are a member who can take part in discussions but not vote. They cast their ballot at this polling station committee.
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Operational centres
Physical (not logical) facilities where all external processes for counting provisional results are carried out. They are divided into information collection centres (CRI), incident control offices (OCI), data processing centres (CPD), backup processing centres (CPB) and data transmission centres (CDD).
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Polling station
Physical place where people vote. It may consist of one or more polling station committees.
