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This Thursday, February 16, the polls have been opened so that the neighbors of Cartagena decide by means of their vote the destination of 1,569,387 euros, amount consigned in the municipal budget of 2017 within the heading known as participatory budgets, that they have seen Extended its office opening hours for face-to-face voting.

Thus, until next March 5, may use this right all neighbors over 16 years who are registered in the municipality of Cartagena.

To finalize the details of this pilot initiative, promoted by the Department of Finance, a meeting was held this Wednesday with the assistance of the Councilor for Transparency and Good Governance, Participation, Decentralization and Celebrations, Juan Pedro Torralba, and the councilor Delegate of Portal and Office of Transparency, María José Soler, in addition to officials of the Municipal Offices of Information and Administrative Processing (OMITAS) and other municipal employees who have been provided information and training for the correct development of the voting process Of the finalist projects, totaling 93 out of 2,332 proposals.

Thus, of the projects selected, 53 correspond to deputations, and cover actions in matters of heritage recovery;

lighting;

sports facilities;

Parkland;

Pedestrian accesses;

Track arrangements;

Reordering of traffic;

public places;

Among other initiatives.

At the pre-voting meeting, a working calendar was also established to bring votes to the citizen in order to promote the greatest possible participation, so that ballot boxes have been installed in the administrative building of San Miguel, in the OMITAS and In neighbor associations where there are no OMITAS.

In the decentralization offices, in addition to the usual opening hours of tomorrow, it has been extended in the afternoon in an extraordinary way, from 17.00 to 20.00, so that in each district and deputation can also vote in the afternoon.

It can also be done through the contiGo platform, integrated in the municipal web.

With these measures, explained Juan Pedro Torralba, "we wanted to extend the time for people to vote," while increasing the spaces in which the residents of the municipality of Cartagena can do so.

To vote in person it will be necessary to show the National Identity Document.

Likewise, the vote will be computerized to avoid duplication and give more rigor to the process.

As recalled by the Councilor for Transparency and Good Governance, each person "will have the opportunity to express what investment wants to be carried out in the municipality of Cartagena," for which may select up to three projects of the proposed, but may Choose less if they wish.

Voting will end next March 5, so that the polls will open in a public ceremony on March 8 and, in Torralba's words, "the success will be that there is as much participation as possible."

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena