The Central Electoral Board warns that it will not accept the PSOE ballots for Valladolid with the name of Puente crossed out

The Central Electoral Board (JEC) has agreed to keep the name of former Transport Minister Óscar Puente leading the PSOE ballots for Valladolid, and has warned that it will not accept his name being crossed out, contrary to the opinion of the provincial electoral board. Puente's decision to resign from his position and renounce the socialist candidacy for the province came on November 3, when the lists were already official and did not allow modifications.

At the request of the PSOE, the Valladolid electoral board accepted the resignation of the former minister as a candidate for the elections, but rejected the request to remove his name from the ballot. In said resolution, this arbitration body emphasized that, in the event that a voter crossed out Puente's name, it would order the table presidents to ensure that this vote was not considered null.

However, the JEC decided this Thursday to revoke this decision and, in accordance with its doctrine, warns that those ballots in which the name of the resigning candidate has been crossed out will be considered invalid.

Puente himself, in response to an X user who asked him what would happen if his name was not crossed out, stated that "nothing happens." "Nothing should be crossed out, but if someone does so by mistake, the vote is valid," he explained before the JEC's decision was known.