scholarly journals Elecciones municipales y derecho al voto de los extranjeros no comunitarios: estado de la cuestión y propuestas de reforma. // Municipal elections and the right to vote of non-EU foreigners: status of the question and reform proposals

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (100) ◽  
pp. 81
Author(s):  
Rafael Naranjo de la Cruz
Keyword(s):  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Regulatory Regime ◽  
International Treaty ◽  
Municipal Elections ◽  
Foreign Population ◽  
Legislative Action ◽  
New Approaches ◽  
Right To Vote ◽  
New Interpretation ◽  
The Right

Resumen:Este trabajo estudia el estado de la cuestión relativa al derecho al voto de los extranjeros no comunitarios en las elecciones municipales y sugiere nuevos enfoques en relación con las distintas vertientes del tema. Asimismo, propone y analiza los cambios normativos que podrían concretarse a raíz de esa nueva concepción. La cláusula constitucional de reciprocidad no obliga a excluir del derecho a los extranjeros procedentes de países que no cumplen el requisito, sino solo a tomar en consideración su concurrencia a la hora de definir su régimen normativo.Esta interpretación de la cláusula de reciprocidad abre las puertas a una atribución general del derecho fundamental mediante ley, lo que hace necesario estudiar la posible inclusión en ella de cláusulas que limiten su alcance. Finalmente se defiende que no se puede atribuir al legislador un margen de actuación más amplio al regular las condiciones de ejercicio del derecho cuando este es ejercido por un extranjero, lo que sirve para cuestionar la constitucionalidad de la exigencia de inscripción en el censo electoral a instancia de parte.Summary:1. Introduction. 2. The constitutional reciprocity clause. 2.1 Reciprocity as a requirement. 2.2 Towards a new interpretation of the constitutional clause. 3. The problem of the source of law. 3.1 The overcoming of the international treaty as a norm of attribution of the right. 3.2 On the possibility of limiting the scope of legal recognition of the right. 3.2.1 Exclusions on grounds of nationality. 3.2.2 The criterion based on the percentage of resident foreign population. 3.2.3 Theparticular cases of Ceuta and Melilla. 4. Conditions for the exercise of the right to vote of foreigners in municipal elections. 4.1 Limits to legislative action. 4.2 Critical analysis of the requirement of registration in the electoral census by personal application. Abstract:This paper studies the state of the issue regarding the right to vote of non-EU foreigners in municipal elections and suggests new approaches in relation to the different aspects of the issue. It also proposes and analyzes the normative changes that could materialize as a result of this new conception. The constitutional clause of reciprocity does not oblige to exclude from the right foreigners from countries that do not fulfill the requirement, but only to take into account its concurrence when defining their regulatory regime. This interpretation of the reciprocity clause opens the door to a general attribution of the fundamental right by law, which obliges to study the possible inclusionin it of clauses that limit its scope. Finally, it is argued that the legislator cannot be given a broader scope of action when regulating the conditions of exercise of the right when it is exercised by a foreigner, which serves to challenge the constitutionality of the requirement of registration in the electoral census by personal application.

scholarly journals The Suffrage of Foreigners in the Municipal Elections from 2011 to 2019 in Spain

2021 ◽  
pp. 93-121
Author(s):  
David Moya Malapeira ◽  
Alba Viñas
Keyword(s):  
Political Participation ◽  
Present Model ◽  
Regulatory Framework ◽  
Selective Recognition ◽  
Cumulative Impact ◽  
Municipal Elections ◽  
Universal Suffrage ◽  
Electoral Turnout ◽  
Right To Vote ◽  
The Right

The current study takes stock of the accumulated experience in political participation at municipal elections of non-EU citizens in 2011, 2015 and 2019. It does so by framing the data and outcomes within the existing regulatory framework in Spain, a framework that very strongly conditions such participation. The text reviews the implications of the model of selective recognition of the right to vote (based on the voter’s nationality), and analyzes certain legal conditions steaming from the requirements of reciprocity, residence or previous census registration. The authors consider that the cumulative impact of those conditions is responsible for the very low electoral turnout in non-EU citizens participation. Lastly, the authors present some ideas to overcome such effect and make the most of the present model, at least until its replacement in municipal elections by a truly universal suffrage model.

RECIPROCIDAD Y DERECHOS FUNDAMENTALES: EN ESPECIAL EL DERECHO DE VOTO DE LOS EXTRANJEROS

2009 ◽  
pp. 57-81
Author(s):  
IÑAKI LASAGABASTER HERRARTE
Keyword(s):  
Local Elections ◽  
Democratic Regime ◽  
International Treaty ◽  
Home State ◽  
Democratic Principle ◽  
Factual Question ◽  
Right To Vote ◽  
The Right

El principio de reciprocidad en el ejercicio del derecho de sufragio de los extranjeros en el ámbito local permite una interpretación diferente a la realizada por el legislador. La exigencia de celebración de un Tratado internacional para reconocer esa reciprocidad realizada por la LOREG carece de sentido. Esa normativa debería derogarse. El principio de reciprocidad puede aplicarse directamente, por ser una cuestión de hecho. De tal forma que la existencia del derecho de sufragio, en el ámbito local, para los titulares de un pasaporte español, en el Estado de acogida, debería permitir a los ciudadanos de ese Estado ejercer el derecho de voto en las elecciones locales, sin necesidad de mediación del legislador. Al interpretarse la reciprocidad como una cuestión de hecho, podría permitir el reconocimiento del derecho de voto a los extranjeros en cuyo Estado de origen no existiese un régimen democrático. Impedir a quien no puede votar en su Estado de origen hacerlo en el de acogida constituiría una interpretación contraria al principio democrático. Toki-administrazioaren mailan atzerritarrek botoa erabiltzeko duten eskubideari dagokion elkarrekikotasun-printzipioak, legegileak egindakoaz besteko interpretazio bat egiteko aukera ematen du. Hauteskunde Araubide Orokorrari buruzko Lege Organikoak elkarrekikotasun-tratatu bat egiteko ezartzen duen be tebeharrak ez du zentzurik. Araudi hori indargabetu egin beharko litzateke. Elkarrekikotasun- printzipioa zuzen-zuzenean aplika daiteke, egitezko kontua baita. Hala bada, toki-administrazioaren mailan Espainiako pasaportea dutenek botoa emateko eskubidea izanik, harrerako Estatuko herritarrek aukera izan beharko lukete toki-hauteskundeetan boto-eskubidea baliatzeko, legegilea bitartekari izan beharrik gabe. Elkarre ki ko ta su na egitezko kontu baten gisa interpretatuz gero, boto-eskubidea aitor tu ahal izango litzaieke jatorrizko Estatuan erregimen demokratikorik ez duten atzerritarrei. Jatorrizko Estatuan botorik eman ezin dutenei harrerako Estatuan aukera hori ematea printzipio demokratikoaren kontrako interpretazioa izango litzateke. The principle of reciprocity in the exercise of the right to vote by foreigners within local entities¿ sphere offers a different interpretation to that of the legislator¿s. The need for the conclusion of a international treaty in order to accept that reciprocity set forth by the Electoral Act does not make sense. These rules should be abolished. The principle of reciprocity should directly be applied because it is a factual question. So that the right to vote, within the local sphere, to the holders of a Spanish passport in the reception State, should allow the citizen from that State to vote to local elections, without the legislative intervention. The interpretation of reciprocity as a factual question might allow to recognize the right to vote to aliens whose home State lacks a democratic regime. Barring the right to vote to someone who lacks that right at his or her home State is against the democratic principle.

Article 40 CFR

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denis Martin
Keyword(s):  
Member State ◽  
Municipal Elections ◽  
Right To Vote ◽  
The Right

Every citizen of the Union has the right to vote and to stand as a candidate at municipal elections in the Member State in which he or she resides under the same conditions as nationals of that State.

Article 22 TFEU

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denis Martin
Keyword(s):  
Member State ◽  
European Parliament ◽  
Municipal Elections ◽  
Legislative Procedure ◽  
Right To Vote ◽  
The Right

Article 19 EC Every citizen of the Union residing in a Member State of which he is not a national shall have the right to vote and to stand as a candidate at municipal elections in the Member State in which he resides, under the same conditions as nationals of that State. This right shall be exercised subject to detailed arrangements adopted by the Council, acting unanimously in accordance with a special legislative procedure and after consulting the European Parliament; these arrangements may provide for derogations where warranted by problems specific to a Member State.

scholarly journals The Structure of Municipal Voting in Vancouver

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Armstrong ◽  
Jack Lucas
Keyword(s):  
Electoral Competition ◽  
Municipal Elections ◽  
High Profile ◽  
Scaling Procedure ◽  
Primary Dimension ◽  
New Interpretation ◽  
The Right ◽  
Survey Responses ◽  
Municipal Election

We offer a new interpretation of the structure of municipal electoral competition in Vancouver, focusing on the city’s high-profile municipal election in 2018. Using novel “cast vote records” – a dataset containing each of the 176,450 ballots cast in the city’s municipal election – we use a Bayesian multidimensional scaling procedure to estimate the location of every 2018 candidate and voter in Vancouver in a shared two-dimensional political space. We then match observed votes from the cast vote records to survey responses in the Canadian Municipal Election Study (CMES), a large election survey undertaken in Vancouver in 2018, using 96 CMES variables to interpret our two measured dimensions of electoral competition. We find evidence of a single primary dimension of competition, structured by left-right ideology, along with a secondary dimension dividing establishment from upstart parties of the right. Our paper supplies a new interpretation of Vancouver’s electoral landscape, clarifies our understanding of the role of left-right ideology in municipal electoral competition, and demonstrates the promise of cast vote records for research on municipal elections and voting.

THE CONCEPT OF CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL GUARANTEES OF ELECTORAL RIGHTS

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 85-90
Author(s):  
VLADIMIR TROYAN ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Research ◽  
Formal Aspect ◽  
Universal Approach ◽  
Right To Vote ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Right

The relevance of the interpretation of constitutional and legal guarantees of the right to vote is mediated by isolated scientific research in this area, as well as the lack of a universal approach to legal guarantees. In this regard, the purpose of the article is to argue and disclose the author’s definitive aspect of the claimed guarantees. In the work, the author named and characterized the normative (based exclusively on legal means) with the perspective of a branch of legal and technical; regulatory and institutional (combines the formal aspect with the activities of authorized entities) and associated legal (including a set of legal and other aspects) approaches to the definition of legal guarantees. Based on the second approach, as well as combining the guarantees of the right to vote directly guarantees of the subjective right itself and guarantees of its implementation, the author offers a definition of constitutional and legal guarantees of the right to vote.

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