CAMPAIGN 'MOBILIZING THE FOREIGN VOTE
We remind you of the need to register in the electoral registers abroad if you wish to vote in the elections to the Parliament of Catalonia on 27 September.
As you know the next day 27 September 2015, there will be elections to the Parliament of Catalonia (and at the end of the year elections to the Congress of Deputies and Senate). If you want to exercise your vote, com a residents exteriors, in the call for the Elections to the Parliament of Catalonia, we remind you that, if you are not registered in the Consular Registration Register (RMC) from the Spanish Embassy you can only vote if you travel to Catalonia.
Those of you who are not yet registered in the Consular Registration Register (RMC) in order to exercise your vote from abroad you have two options:
- Register as permanent residents in the RMC at the Spanish Embassy and you will automatically be registered in the CERA (Electoral Register of Absent Residents) and you will be able to participate in all electoral processes in Spain (except for municipal elections where foreign residents do not have the right to vote). Please note that for voting purposes the CERA that is used is the one closed two months before the election is called. That is to say that if President Mas signs the Decree calling for elections at the beginning of August, only those who have registered until June 1st will be able to vote as permanent residents 2015.
- You can also opt out, if you consider that your residence in Luxembourg will be of short duration, to enroll in ERTA (Spaniards Temporarily Absent Residents) which is valid for one year. You must also go through the Embassy and register at the RMC and you can register as temporary at the ERTA during 25 days after the election call.
It is about, on the one hand, that the 192.098 Catalans permanently resident abroad and registered with CERA (Electoral Register of Absent Residents) to April 1 2015 we can exercise our rights, in the best possible way, despite the limitations imposed by the 'voto rogado’ and the perverse system of voting abroad imposed by the current Spanish electoral law. hosts a concert by Maria del Mar Bonet, it is about making it easier for the many permanent or temporary Catalan residents abroad who have not done so, It is donin d'register to CERA or l'ERTA (Spanish Residents Temporarily Absent) so that your vote is not lost given the difficulty of traveling to the country on the election date (something only available to a small minority).
Vote whatever you vote it is important that no outside vote is lost.
You can find more information on the websites of the 'Mobilizem el voto exterior' campaign’ or to the official websites of the Govern espanyol or of Catalan government. You will also find more information at web from FIEC (International Federation of Associations Catalan), from l'ANC and Catalans in the World.
We Catalonia Exterior, We also Catalonia.