The Municipal Group UPyD asked at the next regular full that the known system is rejected as "prayed vote" for Spanish emigrants, a group representing 4.15% of the total electorate in the General Election of 2011.
To do this, UPyD calls for Article 75 of the LOREG be amended to establish a procedure for voting by residents abroad Spanish non-discriminatory and serve to promote the exercise of this fundamental right.
The Organic Law 2/2011 of 28 January introduced a modification of art.
75 of the Organic Law 5/1985 of 19 June on General Elections, which regulates voting by people living abroad.
Until then, the Offices of the Electoral Census ballots sent directly from Spain to every citizen registered at the Consulates and he voted without difficulty.
To Encarna Hernández, spokesman for the political and candidate for mayor training, "following this legislative amendment, a complex procedure that requires the Spanish citizen residing abroad to assume the burden of compliance with a series of legal proceedings was introduced and administrative whose complexity and excessive short deadlines has become in practice a system of discrimination and exclusion, to the point of becoming popular expression 'begged vote, vote robado`' "
The proposed UPyD the Government is also urged to provide citizens with accurate information through the website of the Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Foreign Affairs on how can living abroad exercise the right to stand as candidates, terms and conditions
Source: UPyD Molina de Segura