Overview
- Municipal plenary sessions used randomized software to select potential mesa members, with Madrid choosing 32,715 people for 3,635 mesas and Valladolid naming 1,122 titulares plus suplentes for 374 mesas for the 29 November election.
- Both cities will publish lists online so residents can check by DNI — Madrid via the Carpeta Ciudadana and Valladolid on its municipal website — before issuing formal paper notifications.
- Valladolid obtained prior authorization to run its draw two days early and created broad reserve lists of up to ten people per post to avoid reconvening another plenary if selected members cannot serve.
- Each mesa is made up of nine people (a president, two substitutes, a first vocal and two substitutes, and a second vocal and two substitutes), service is a legal obligation, presidents must meet local eligibility rules and members receive a statutory 75-euro payment plus a work-day reduction the following day.
- Next steps include formal designation, the municipal services sending digital and physical notices, and handling excusals and substitutions through the Junta Electoral and local procedures to ensure full staffing on election day.