Next Sunday (06/10) the PaSoK elections will be held. Members and friends of the party will have the opportunity to choose the next president from among six candidates.
Nikos Androulakis, Haris Doukas, Anna Diamantopoulou, Pavlos Geroulanos, Michalis Katrinis and Nadia Giannakopoulou are running for the presidency of the party. Polling stations will be set up all over Greece, while there will be a way for Greeks abroad to vote as well.
In the chart below, by clicking on the region you are interested in, you can see the detailed list of polling centers per region.
Where you can vote
The voting process
- Voting for the election of the President of PASOK-Movement of Change will last from 07:00 am to 19:00 pm, both for the first round on October 6, 2024, and for the second round on October 13, 2024, if it arises.
- Greek citizens and foreigners who legally and permanently reside in Greece from the age of 16 (born in 2008) have the right to vote.
In order to identify them, it is necessary to show a police ID or passport or driver’s license (new type) to the electoral committee. Especially for 16-year-olds and foreigners, who are not included in the National electoral roll, identification is carried out, for Greeks with an identity card/passport and AMKA, for foreigners with a residence permit and AMKA and for Cypriots with a Cypriot identity card and AMKA . The AMKA will result from a public document (e.g. e-EFKA), which will be shown to the electoral committee. - The fee for participating in the voting is set at 3 euros and is paid in the first round, while no fee will be paid for the second round.
- Voters can vote in any electoral division of the Country, regardless of where they live or where they exercise their right to vote in national, local and European elections.
- Only those who have voted in the first round have the right to vote in the second round. The voters of the second round can vote in any electoral division of the Country, regardless of the electoral division they voted in the first round.
How do you vote?
- He arrives at the polling station, where it is recommended that there be a “reception” table with volunteers who help him fill in the registration application, as long as he knows in advance that he is not a member.
- At the table of the Electoral Committee, he hands over his identity card and the member/friend registration application, if he is not a member, and his accreditation is done by the tablet operator and he is registered as a voter by the Secretary, to whom he pays the amount of 3 euros (only in the first round of elections) and signs. Afterwards, the President seals the envelope and delivers it together with the ballot to the voter.
- He goes behind the screen and votes, puts the folded ballot in the envelope.
- It returns to the Electoral Commission and before dropping the envelope into the ballot box, the President must initial it. He takes the identity card/passport and leaves the E.T.
How do Greeks abroad vote?
On 6/10/2024 and on 13/10/2024, if a second round is required, the elections for the nomination of President will be held in the electoral divisions of the interior from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and for Apodimos:
Australia’s electoral divisions:
- Sydney from 09:00 to 18:00 local time
- Melbourne from 10:00 to 19:00 local time
The electoral divisions of Cyprus
- from 7:00 to 19:00 local time
The electoral divisions of the EU countries
- From 9:00 to 17:00 local time
England’s constituencies
- from 12:00 to 16:00 local time
US Electoral Divisions (New York)
- from 8:00 to 13:00 local time and
Electoral divisions of Canada (Quebec)
- From 10:00 to 17:00 local time.
A. The members and friends of PASOK-Change Movement vote in the elections. Those who are members or friends of PASOK-Movement for Change or who register as members or friends on the day of the vote have the right to vote based on articles 4 and 5 of the Statute.
Those born before 12/31/2007 are registered in the National Electoral Rolls and the operator of the platform by entering the identification data required by the information system of the Ministry of Interior looks for the electoral number with which the voter is certified. A police ID, passport or a new driver’s license can be used for identification. Those Greeks who were born in the year 2008 (i.e. they are 16 years old) have the right to vote, who must show their identity card and a completed member or friend registration application to the Electoral Committee. The identification with AMKA does not apply to Apodimos.
B. The fee for participating in the voting is set at 3 euros and is paid in the first round, while no fee will be paid for the second round.
C. Only those who have voted in the first round have the right to vote in the second round.
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