Madrid's Voter List for Spaniards Abroad Grows Fast
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More people from Madrid who live in other countries are joining the electoral roll. This list grows two times faster than the list for all of Spain.
The electoral roll is a list of people who can vote in elections. In Spain, some people live outside the country. They are called residents abroad.
The Spanish government wants a court to stop a new rule. This rule is about the grandchildren law. It gives Spanish nationality to some grandchildren of Spanish people.
The government wants the Constitutional Court to look at this rule fast. This court decides if laws follow the Spanish constitution.
There is also a discussion about voting. In some countries, like Ireland and Denmark, people who live outside cannot vote in elections. Some people in Spain talk about this rule too.
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has spoken about democracy before. Now people ask if countries like Ireland and Denmark are real democracies, because they do not let all citizens vote from abroad.
Vocabulary6 words
- electoral roll
- a list of people who can vote
- residents abroad
- people who live in another country
- grandchildren law
- a rule about giving nationality to grandchildren
- Constitutional Court
- a court that checks if laws are legal
- constitution
- the main rules of a country
- democracy
- a system where people vote for leaders
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Answer key
1. The electoral roll of people abroad 2. Giving nationality to grandchildren of Spanish people 3. False
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More people from Madrid who live in other countries are joining the _____. This list grows two times faster than the list for all of Spain.
The electoral roll is a list of people who can _____ in elections.
The Spanish government wants a _____ to stop a new rule.
This rule is about the _____ law.
The government wants the Constitutional Court to look at this rule _____.
In some countries, like Ireland and Denmark, people who live _____ cannot vote in elections.
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has spoken about _____ before.
Now people ask if countries like Ireland and Denmark are real _____.
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