The Supreme Court shall allow the children of nationalized grandparents to vote

The Supreme Court has refused to suspend the right to vote of the children of persons who obtained Spanish nationality under the so-called Grandparents' Act. In total, 189,678 persons may vote in the elections on 29 November, following the rejection of the precautionary measures requested by Iustitia Europa and Vox.

Thus, it distinguishes between descendants and their parents, who were cautiously suspended by the Supreme Court from voting for nationalized parents under the Democratic Memory Act 2022, except for those who prove that they are descendants of exiles.

The voting rights of 162,454 nationalized persons are suspended.

On the other hand, the court has refused to review the measures taken under the Grandparents' Act to suspend the voting rights of those who obtained direct Spanish citizenship, totalling 162,454 persons whowill not be able to vote in elections while the precautionary suspension remains in force.

The Supreme Court has admitted that, as in the case of parents, the registration of their children in the Electoral Register (CERA) may also be called into question, although it has warned that, as the elections are so short of time, the suspension of their vote would now be very difficult to implement.

Ensuring legal certainty in the run-up to the elections

The Court explains that a review of the electoral roll would require the intervention of various administrations and third parties, with a very short period of time, and recalls that the time limit for voting in consulates for voters residing abroad will begin in two weeks.

He therefore believes that changing the census now could undermine legal certainty and the stability of the electoral process.

The decision received a dissenting opinion from one of the six magistrates, who considered that the right to vote should also be suspended for the descendants, in order to maintain the same criterion as that established for the parents.