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Article 36
 

Updating of the Register of electors residing abroad



  1. For the updating of the register of absent electors residing abroad (electores residentes ausentes que viven en el extranjero) consulates shall forward by the same procedure as for local councils every entry and every cancellation, as well as any change of address, and in conformity with the instructions of the Electoral Register Office, all new entries and cancellations of Spanish subjects living in their area of jurisdiction, and any change of address having taken place in said area and any request for assignment to another constituency. The latter shall only be admitted where there is a sufficient and justified ground for such change.

  2. Changes of adscription from one to another constituency shall not be taken into account in the final register for each election.


 SECT. 36 AS AMENDED BY SECT. 13 OF INSTITUTIONAL ACT 2/2011, OF JANUARY 28