Spanish Catholic account pushes the "Mal Menoh" null vote ploy

A Catholic account on X has spread a message calling for a null vote whenever all candidates fall below a certain threshold, and labels as disinformers anyone who claims otherwise. The argument is presented as the option consistent with a reactionary stance and with the idea that a Catholic should not take sides in a dispute between pogre.

The post is signed by an account that identifies itself as Catholic and spreads the slogan on an election Sunday. The text does not specify what that threshold is or which candidates fail to meet it: it speaks of a "certain threshold" without a figure, so the rule remains up in the air. What it does set is the practical conclusion: if no name convinces you, annul your vote.

## A threshold with no figure and a label for anyone who disagrees

The message does not define the threshold that would trigger a null vote. Nor does it list candidates or offer polling data or party programmes. The only verifiable condition is negative: if everyone falls below that unstated line, you annul your ballot. It is a rule of thumb, impossible for readers to check.

The second part of the text is harsher. Anyone who does not share this way out is branded a disinformation peddler. The substance of the null vote is not debated; the person who questions it is discredited. That closing turns a tactical preference into a test of orthodoxy.

## A null vote is not the same as abstaining

A null vote is cast in the ballot box with an envelope or ballot paper that fails to meet the requirements, and it adds nothing to any party. Abstention, by contrast, means not voting at all. The difference matters because a null vote counts as turnout while abstention does not.

In Spain, a null vote does not reduce the electoral roll or alter the allocation of seats: only valid votes count for seat distribution. The slogan, therefore, does not directly take support away from anyone. Its effect is symbolic and, if it spreads, it inflates turnout without changing the outcome.

## The dispute between pogre the text invokes

The message frames the contest as one between "pogre" and asks the Catholic not to intervene in that quarrel. It is a reading that takes for granted that all the options on the ballot belong to the same camp. It offers no names or programmes to back up that classification.

The slogan leans on a religious identity to decide how to vote. It is a debatable position, not a fact. Anyone trinc it should know that the threshold is undefined and that the "disinformation" label is an insult, not an argument.