The first safe estimate of tomorrow’s referendum results on a proposal submitted by Greece’s creditors will be known two hours after the ballots close, at about 9:00 pm Greek time, Singular Logic – the company responsible for handling and transmitting the results – said on Friday.
Singular Logic president and CEO Mihalis Kariotoglou said in order to have a safe estimation, three conditions have to be met: 1. The results must be collected from 100% of the country’s polling stations, 2. These polling stations must be equally distributed throughout the country and 3. The difference between the two answers must be above 4%. The lower the difference between “Yes” and “No,” the longer it will take to extract a safe result.
Another basic precondition for securing a safe estimation at 9:00 pm is closing the ballots at 5:00 pm, as the law stipulates. However, an Interior Ministry circular allows the extension of the electoral process by up to two hours at polling stations where voters are still queuing. In these cases, it is prohibited to transmit results until every last ballot has been closed.
The first estimation will be based on the SRT system, which was introduced in 2006 and consists of special mobile phones distributed among judicial representatives of 4,800 polling stations who inform the company of the result.
Voters will be given two ballots: One with the question of the referendum and a second one that will be blank. Citizens must fill a cross either in the box under their preferred response or on the left or right of their response. For the referendum to be valid, at least 40% of the electoral body must participate.
Because of the referendum’s tight time limits, expatriates will not be able to vote, while 108,371 18-year-olds will be voting for the first time.
Greeks are expected to vote at the same polling stations as they did in January’s national elections. To find the exact location, citizens can click on the specific Interior Ministry webpage. Voters can also call the Ministry at +302131361500 until the ballots close.
To facilitate transport, tolls in major national highways will be free, while state railway company TRAINOSE, intercity buses and Aegean Airlines are offering reduced ticket prices.
(source: ana-mpa)
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