The Secretary of Organization and campaign coordinator of the PSOE in Castile and León, Daniel de la Rosa, has demanded that in Valladolid votes be cast "normally" and without making strike-throughs on the name of the former minister Óscar Puente on the ballot for the Congress, after the Central Electoral Commission (JEC) has decided not to admit ballots with markings in the ballot boxes.
De la Rosa has detailed that the former Transport minister "will continue to be formally present on that ballot" despite his resignation and that the Electoral Commission has ruled that his name cannot be withdrawn because the renunciation was registered "out of time".
Given this situation, the Socialist leader has asked to assume the scenario "with naturalness" and has encouraged the residents of the city and of the province of Valladolid who want to support the PSOE to vote "as they have always done" and to put the ballot "as it is" into the ballot box, with the assurance that that vote will count for "a new victory for the PSOE and a new government of progress".
At the same time, De la Rosa has denied that there are reasons to fear errors or a possible invalidation of the vote, since, as he has pointed out, the citizens who exercise their right to suffrage are "sufficiently informed" and steadfast in their decision, so he has reduced the process to "take the ballot and put it in the ballot box".