Spain's postal voting flaws: is fraud inevitable?
Spain's postal voting system allows ballots to be falsified with no traceability, according to recurring complaints. France banned it in 1975. Why does Spain not act?
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Spain's postal voting flaws: is fraud inevitable?
Suspicions of electoral fraud are once again hanging over Spain. Every time a general election is held, complaints emerge about manipulation of the postal vote. The system, which allows absent citizens to cast their ballot, has loopholes that, according to numerous technical analyses, make it impossible to guarantee the integrity of the count.
The loopholes in postal voting
The process of requesting, sending and receiving postal votes lacks traceability. It has been alleged that votes can be cast on behalf of people who do not vote, and that postal employees of Correos (the Spanish state postal service), who are not civil servants, may be susceptible to manipulation. In addition, information on where voters will be can be obtained from the tax return, making it possible to falsify vote requests. France banned postal voting in 1975 precisely because of these risks.
The demographic factor and the conspiracy theory
Some lines of analysis go further and link electoral fraud to immigration and pension policy. The argument is that the goal is not to win votes, but to accelerate the country's ruin through the arrival of immigrants and rising pensions. However, this theory rests on unverifiable assumptions and clashes with the reality of results that barely change from one election to the next.
What can be done?
The solution lies in tightening controls on postal voting or, as France did, abolishing it outright. But the political debate avoids the subject. Meanwhile, public distrust is growing and the system remains exposed. The question nobody answers is why, knowing the risks, no effective measures are taken.
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Suspicions of electoral fraud are once again hanging over Spain. Every time a general election is held, complaints emerge about manipulation of the postal vote. The system, which allows absent citizens to cast their ballot, has loopholes that, according to numerous technical analyses, make it impossible to guarantee the integrity of the count.
The loopholes in postal voting
The process of requesting, sending and receiving postal votes lacks traceability. It has been alleged that votes can be cast on behalf of people who do not vote, and that postal employees of Correos (the Spanish state postal service), who are not civil servants, may be susceptible to manipulation. In addition, information on where voters will be can be obtained from the tax return, making it possible to falsify vote requests. France banned postal voting in 1975 precisely because of these risks.
The demographic factor and the conspiracy theory
Some lines of analysis go further and link electoral fraud to immigration and pension policy. The argument is that the goal is not to win votes, but to accelerate the country's ruin through the arrival of immigrants and rising pensions. However, this theory rests on unverifiable assumptions and clashes with the reality of results that barely change from one election to the next.
What can be done?
The solution lies in tightening controls on postal voting or, as France did, abolishing it outright. But the political debate avoids the subject. Meanwhile, public distrust is growing and the system remains exposed. The question nobody answers is why, knowing the risks, no effective measures are taken.
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