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The decision of the Constitutional Court to maintain the suspension of the vote for 163,020 naturalized citizens under the 'grandchildren's law' creates uncertainty about who will be able to vote in the general elections on November 29 and opens the possibility of challenges to the electoral results. #Elecciones2026 #LeyDeNietos #DerechoAVoto (translated)

The Constitutional Court has rejected the Ombudsman's request to urgently reactivate the voting rights of more than 160,000 people naturalized under the law of grandchildren, considering it premature and leaving the resolution of the case in the hands of the Supreme Court. #DerechoAVoto #LeyDeNietos #TribunalConstitucional (translated)

The Constitutional Court has rejected the appeal for protection from the Ombudsman regarding the 'grandchildren's law' as premature, thus maintaining the suspension of the right to vote for the grandchildren of exiles who acquired nationality through a Supreme Court instruction. #LeyDeNietos #DerechoAVoto #DefensorDelPueblo (translated)

The Constitutional Court has rejected the Ombudsman's appeal regarding the 'grandchildren's law', maintaining the suspension of the voting rights for the beneficiaries, considering that the request was premature and still pending in the Supreme Court. #LeyDeNietos #TribunalConstitucional #DerechoAVoto (translated)

The Constitutional Court has dismissed the appeal of the Ombudsman against the suspension of the right to vote for those naturalized under the 'grandchildren's law', reaffirming the decision of the Supreme Court with the support of the majority of its magistrates. #LeyDeNietos #DerechoAVoto #TribunalConstitucional (translated)

The Constitutional Court will debate this week on the request from the Ombudsman to lift the suspension of the voting rights of those naturalized through the 'grandchildren's law', potentially affecting 160,000 people before the elections on November 29. #LeyDeNietos #DerechoAVoto #TribunalConstitucional (translated)

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs considers it impossible to comply 100% with the Supreme Court's order regarding the suspension of voting for those naturalized under the 'grandparents' law' due to limitations in data collection at consulates. #Elecciones2026 #LeyDeNietos #DerechoAVoto (translated)

The Ombudsman has filed a protection appeal before the Constitutional Court against the suspension of the voting rights of those naturalized by the democratic memory law, following the decision of the Supreme Court that upheld that suspension. #LeyDeNietos #DerechoAVoto #DefensorDelPueblo (translated)

The Official State Bulletin has published the decision of the Supreme Court to suspend the voting rights of those naturalized under the 'grandchildren's law' for the general elections on November 29, giving the affected individuals a period of five days to submit claims. #EleccionesGenerales #LeyDeNietos #DerechoAVoto (translated)

We are all aware that this will not alter the outcome of the elections at all. The second vice president and Minister of Economy, Carlos Cuerpo, distinguished this Tuesday between the 160,000 affected individuals and those who would presumably go to the polls. #LeyDeNietos #DerechoAVoto #TribunalSupremo (translated)

The Government of Spain has stated that it will comply with the Supreme Court's ruling on the 'grandchildren's law', although it considers it difficult to exclude all those affected from the electoral roll with less than two months until the elections on November 29. #LeyDeNietos #DerechoAVoto #TribunalSupremo (translated)

The Administrative Litigation Chamber of the Supreme Court has imposed precautionary measures that suspend the voting rights of thousands of nationals by the grandchildren's law, with the rapporteur Antonio Narváez showing affinity for the leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo. #LeyDeNietos #DerechoAVoto #TribunalSupremo (translated)

Nearly thirty Foreign Residents' Council members have signed a statement in defense of the right to vote in the elections on November 29, in response to the uncertainty caused by the Supreme Court's decision that limits suffrage to some nationals under the Democratic Memory Law. #DerechoAVoto #EspañolesEnElExtranjero #EleccionesGenerales (translated)

The Supreme Court has ordered the suspension of the right to vote for 163,020 Spaniards who obtained citizenship through the grandchildren's law, which poses a bureaucratic challenge to the Government, which considers it materially impossible to comply with the measure within the stipulated time. #EleccionesEspañolas #LeyDeNietos #DerechoAVoto (translated)

The Supreme Court has decided to maintain the suspension of the right to vote for residents abroad who acquired nationality through the 'grandchildren's law', arguing that the risk of irregularly constituting an electoral roll persists. #LeyDeNietos #DerechoAVoto #CensoElectoral (translated)