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Nov 1st, 2017 at 6:29pm
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What status is required to vote in Spanish/Catalan elections ?
  

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Reply #1 - Nov 2nd, 2017 at 7:06am
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The rules are:
For local elections and european elections you can vote if you are empadronated.
For all other elections (regional/national) you are not eligible to vote.

It is, in my opinión, completely unfair. For example there are over 1 million registered foreigners in Catalunya who are legally here and pay their taxes. This accounts for 15% of the population. We have no right to vote in the regional or national elections.

From my understanding it is due to European rules, not Spanish.
  
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Reply #2 - Nov 2nd, 2017 at 8:33am
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Thanks Nigel.  Long live Europe eh !!
  

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Reply #3 - Nov 2nd, 2017 at 3:18pm
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Nigel, I agree it is unfair that we are unable to vote.
  
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Reply #4 - Nov 2nd, 2017 at 5:53pm
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I recall a lot of discussion on the forum about voting in the UK referendum - You can't ( shouldn't be allowed to ) have it both ways folks.
  
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Reply #5 - Nov 8th, 2017 at 12:37pm
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munkonminor wrote on Nov 2nd, 2017 at 5:53pm:
I recall a lot of discussion on the forum about voting in the UK referendum - You can't ( shouldn't be allowed to ) have it both ways folks.


I agree, if you are eligible to vote in the uk, why should you also be eligible to affect the Catalan/Spanish government. You can’t have it both ways Smiley
  
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Reply #6 - Nov 8th, 2017 at 4:09pm
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Voting in the Brexit, only applied to a few people living here in Spain. Not allowed to vote any other time.
Some didn’t receive ballot papers in time for voting in Brexit anyway.
  
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