The Real Madrid Electoral Board is “very concerned” about Riquelme’s statements and asks for “respect”

The Electoral Board of Real Madrid was this Tuesday “very concerned” by the statements of the presidential candidate Enrique Riquelme “in which the custody and security of voting by mail is put under suspicion” and defended that “it has not provided the electoral roll to any of the candidates.”

“The Electoral Board has not provided the electoral roll to any of the candidates running for the elections on June 7,” said a statement shared by the white club, in response to Riquelme’s statements, “in which he states that only one of the candidates manages the club’s roll, as well as the doubts and distrust expressed regarding the safekeeping of the vote by mail.”

In the note, the Electoral Board wanted to make it clear that it transmitted to the two candidates, “in writing”, the procedure so that they can send information, documentation and material to the partners, information that Riquelme also received “in person, the day he presented his candidacy” to the Board.

“The rules explain that the candidates must provide the Electoral Board with the information, documentation and material that they want to send to the members and the club takes care of the sending,” said the statement from the Electoral Board, which established this Monday, June 1 at 6:00 p.m. as the end of the deadline to receive what each candidate would like to send to the members.

Furthermore, the Electoral Board was “very concerned about Enrique Riquelme’s statements in which the custody and security of voting by mail is put under suspicion.” And they presented in their statement an extract of the letter sent to the man from Alicante.

“In order to reinforce transparency and confidence in the integrity of the postal vote custody procedure, the candidates who request it may designate one of the validly accredited auditors to remain continuously in the vicinity of access to the room enabled for the custody of the votes,” they reported.

Thus, they explained that the presence of the interveners will be understood to take place in “a space subject to the surveillance and security systems existing in the club’s facilities, being subject to the applicable video surveillance regime and the processing of the images that, where appropriate, is appropriate in accordance with current regulations.”

For this reason, the Electoral Board insisted on denying irregularities in the electoral process. “Any information, documentation or material that has reached the members of any candidacy from the club has been processed in accordance with the current procedure and regulations,” the statement said.

“The Electoral Board is rigorously and precisely following the applicable regulations at all times during the present electoral process, which is why it asks for respect,” concluded the communication from the Madrid club’s Electoral Board.