Ayuso pushes rule that only Madrid-born ancestors qualify for overseas voting

In the second session of the Debate del Estado de la Región, Isabel Díaz Ayuso declared that the Comunidad de Madrid will submit formal objections to the Junta Electoral Central, seeking to restrict overseas voting rights to those whose ancestors' last recorded residence was in the region. The regional government wants the electoral instruction to the consulates to follow the Supreme Court order but to limit registration to candidates who can prove their most recent administrative address was in a Madrid municipality, discarding the broader "greater attachment" notion.

This initiative targets the recent Supreme Court decision that suspended the inclusion of naturalised Spaniards obtained through the Grandchildren Law in the absentee voter list. Ayuso's office claims the measure is intended to stop the central government from altering census figures for political advantage. The regional administration has set up a working group since December 2025 to monitor related processes, including legal actions, volunteer coordination in countries such as Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Peru, the United States and the United Kingdom, and oversight of contracts like the one with Tragsatec for nationality paperwork.