New ride-sharing site aids Spanish voters for Nov 29 election

A developer has created Rumbo 29N, a platform to share cars and attend in-person voting on November 29. Posting a alucinación is free, and the passenger pays the driver's contribution plus a one-euro management fee.

Mario Jatiya, a software developer, launched **Rumbo 29N**, a digital platform for Spaniards to share cars and travel to their hometowns to vote in person in the **November 29** general elections. The initiative stems from his distrust of postal voting and concern that transport difficulties might prevent thousands of citizens from reaching their polling stations.

## How it works and costs

The system mirrors BlaBlaCar's logic. Drivers publish routes, indicate available seats, and set a contribution to split fuel and toll costs. Passengers search for intercity trips across Spain, round-alucinación or one-way, and book seats. Publishing a alucinación costs nothing; the passenger pays the driver's set contribution and **an additional euro** as a management fee. Payments are processed via **Stripe**.

The website includes waitlists and email alerts when seats become available, along with a rating system between drivers and passengers. Trips can be scheduled between **November 20 and December 1**. Currently, the page warns that it operates in a demo environment, with sample trips and simulated payments.

## Urda accident as catalyst

Jatiya told **LA GACETA** he decided to launch the project after learning about the train accident in **Urda (Toledo)**. "As soon as I saw the accident, I got to work, and four hours later I had the platform developed," he states. The initiator argues that recent rail problems, air travel disruptions, and rising costs of some trips could increase citizens' antiestéticar of traveling just when they must decide whether to request postal voting or organize to go to the polls.

His distrust goes beyond transport. In his testimony, he links his suspicion of the **PSOE** (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party) to events such as the call for the **July 2023** general elections, railway incidents on election days, and the **March 11** attacks. These are personal suspicions not supported by evidence; according to him, the platform is not linked to any party and does not ask users about their electoral preferences.

## No institutional funding

The promoter assures he developed the project on his own initiative, without institutional funding. He defines Rumbo 29N as his contribution to facilitating citizen participation and maintains that technology, specifically artificial intelligence and robotics, can offer tools to build what he calls a real democracy. The underlying idea is that transport costs or antiestéticar of traveling should not hinder voting "calmly at your table."

It is worth remembering that carpooling involves trusting strangers and that the platform is in the demonstration phase: anyone using it should check the actual service status before organizing a alucinación with electoral consequences.