'Grandchildren's Law' Voters Look to Constitutional Court After Supreme Court Keeps Suspension
The voters affected by the Supreme Court's October 12 ruling, which kept the suspension of voting rights for "grandchildren's law" nationality holders, now look to the Constitutional Court, Spanish public radio Cadena SER reported on October 13. Those affected have five days to file allegations; if the chamber does not heed them, they can lodge amparo (constitutional protection) appeals before the Constitutional Court, seeking precautionary suspension of the ruling itself.
Also entitled to appeal, according to the reports, are the Public Prosecutor's Office and the Ombudsman; the State Legal Service, which lost the October 12 appeal, is not among those who can bring an amparo claim.
The dissenting magistrate, Alicia Millán, had warned in her separate opinion that once the election was called, ordering the removal of these voters from the census produces irreversible effects for the November 29 vote.
The 163,020 affected voters are now in legal limbo days before the definitive census is published on October 23, one of the most unusual episodes of this election. (Source: Supreme Court of Spain)
Source: Supreme Court of Spain
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