Only 91 of the 31,390 files reviewed for the 'grandchildren law' currently prove the requirements to vote on 29N

The Government has so far issued only 91 certificates of the 31,390 files reviewed of people naturalized under the so-called 'grandchildren law' that certify compliance with the requirements to vote in the general elections on November 29, according to an order issued this Friday by the Supreme Court.

The resolution, which includes the data sent by the Executive until October 21, reveals that the Administration has examined close to a fifth of the 163,020 files affected by the High Court's precautionary measures. However, only 0.29% of the cases reviewed have so far obtained the necessary certificate to exercise the right to vote.

The figure is provisional and does not mean that the rest of those affected have definitively lost the possibility of voting, since they can still present additional documentation that proves compliance with the requirements established by the Supreme Court.

After provisionally suspending the right to vote of those affected, the court ordered consular registries to verify which people are descendants of originally Spanish parents or grandparents who suffered exile for political, ideological, religious or sexual orientation and identity reasons and who lost or renounced Spanish nationality.

To prove this condition, the Supreme Court excluded the presumption of exile established in an instruction from the Ministry of Justice in 2022, which recognized this condition for those who left Spain between 1936 and 1955. In this way, those affected must document the circumstances of their family members' exile.