The electoral census of the referendum can be used universally so that any citizen can vote in any of the polling stations of Catalonia, regardless of the usual location, according to the minister of the Catalan Presidency, Jordi Turull, who attended the international press centre to update on the referendum with Raül Romeva, Catalan minister of foreign affairs. Turull said that "we are in a position to celebrate the referendum", despite the judicial and police offensive of the state to prevent it, and that some polling stations will be able to open so that the vote can take place.
The universal census is one of the measures taken to facilitate the voting to be carried out with the utmost normality in Catalonia. Citizens can vote by submitting their ID or passport. An electronic system prepared by the government will allow the total census to be available at all voting centres. And it will be guaranteed through a double verification system so thaty only one vote can be made.
Ballots without envelope
The second measure is the authorisation of those responsible for the electoral colleges to accept ballots without an envelope, as a result of the confiscations - 1.5 million envelopes and almost 10 million ballot cards that the Civil Guard has made in recent days throughout Catalonia. The fact that the ballot box is translucent will make it easier to preserve the anonymity of the voter, according to Turull.
The government has also decided that voting with home-made ballots should correspond to the official model, although Turull has assured that there will ballot cards at all voting points.
A total of 5.3 million Catalans are called to vote in the referendum on self-determination in 2,315 polling stations located throughout the country. At this time, a flood of citizens has managed to open schools, despite the prohibition of the judge of the High Court of Justice of Catalonia and the Constitutional Court, as well as the presence of the Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan police), who have been taking notes of the situation.
Committee of experts
Turull has informed that a committee of experts will follow the voting day. This core of observers is made up of academics and legal figures of recognised prestige and trajectory: Enoch Albertí, Ferran Requejo, Josep Maria Vilajosana, Joan Vintró, Ignasi Faura and Eladi Creuet.