What requirements must you fulfill to exercise your right to vote in the mayoral elections of 2019 in Ibiza?
The foreign residents of countries with reciprocity agreements of votes in local elections with Spain may vote in the municipal elections of May of 2019. In total, some foreign 280.316 they will participate in the next elections, which 11.049 they will do it in the Balearic Islands, according to the National Institute of Statistics.
The citizens of Chile, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago, Korea, Iceland, Norway and New Zealand may exercise their right to vote in Spain, provided that they register previously in the census.
The Electoral Census Office will send a letter to these foreigners in order to inform them about this possibility and inform them that they should Register in the census between the 1 of December and the 15 of January.
In Ibiza it has not taken spread the word by different WhatsApp groups and social networks. They attach the necessary documentation for registration in the census and the steps to follow to explain it are explained.
Conditions for voting
The conditions to be able to vote in the municipal ones being a foreign resident are:
-Be older than eighteen and not be deprived of the right to active suffrage.
-Be in possession of the Residence authorization in Spain.
-To have resided legally and uninterrupted durante a minimum of five years at the time of the request (in Norway enough more than three years).
-To be registered in the municipal register of his habitual residence.
Those who receive the communication from the Electoral Census Office they should only fill out and sign the declaration that are attached and send it to the Provincial Delegation from the same office.
Those who are in possession of the electronic certificate associated with the NIE they will be able to process the inscription through the Electronic Headquarters of the INE: https: sede.ine.gob.es
Those who do not receive the missive and want to participate in the elections, can go to your town hall and learn about how to proceed with the procedure.
