In many countries, like Spain, government entities entrusted with or related to electoral processes they make use of the citizen dating so that they or third parties (political parties) can send notifications (election propaganda) via mail (electronic and physical). However, in Spain, citizens can if we wish, we can request “not receive electoral propaganda” from the INE (National Institute of Spain).
This is largely thanks to the Organic Law on Data Protection and Guarantees of Digital Rights (LOPDGDD), which guarantees that anyone can unsubscribe, in order to stop receiving it. Such as, picks up your third final provision, which states the following: "The requests of the voters who oppose their inclusion in the copies of the electoral census that are provided to the representatives of the candidacies for postal mailings of electoral propaganda will also be attended to."
And before starting this present publication on how “not receive electoral propaganda” from the INE (National Institute of Spain), we recommend that at the end of reading this, explore others on how avoid various technological situations:
Tutorial to not receive electoral propaganda from the INE
How do I not receive electoral propaganda from the INE?
Since, from 2019 to the present day, any citizen can make the online procedure corresponding for "not receive electoral propaganda" from the INE (National Statistics Institute of Spain), we just need to decide what we want to do. And in that case, these are the simple and useful steps Next:
Go to the INE website
- through the following link: To directly explore the option of Exclusion/inclusion request in copies of the census for electoral propaganda.
Login to the INE website
- Through valid and secure authentication: To do this, a digital certificate must be used, such as the one included in the electronic National Identification Document. Or, one like the one that we can request from the National Currency and Stamp Factory of Spain (FNMT), through this link and following the instructions left there. As shown in the image immediately below. Also, the Cl @ ve permanent or temporary also works for it. Once the necessary digital certificate has been obtained, we must identify ourselves with it, by clicking on the link called Access with Cl@ve/Certificate. Which appears on the right side of the screen. As shown in the image immediately above.
Activate our exclusion
- Within the INE System: We will see our personal data and immediately below these, we will have a link at our disposal. With which, we can request the inclusion or exclusion in the copies of the census for electoral propaganda used by political parties. Once this link is pressed, we must select the “Excluded” option. And we must finish by clicking on the “Send request” button, to finally achieve approval of our resignation from sending electoral propaganda.
Other important data
- It can download the receipt of the resignation process, pressing the button "Get receipt". Also, it can be printed directly if desired.
- Keep in mind that when the change is made, it may happen a time to do the same, so it is recommended do it well in advance before any upcoming electoral event. Since, if the same has been done, very close to or already started an electoral process, it is very likely that we will still receive electoral propaganda from that close or current electoral event.
- Unsubscribe so as not to receive electoral propaganda does not mean that we will not participate in political polls. Because, the procedure is only to stop receiving electoral propaganda.
- The process is reversible, consequently, we can at any time re-activate and receive said electoral propaganda. For this, we only have to follow the same steps mentioned, but in the end we must mark the "Included" option.
Lastly, and in case keep getting postal election propaganda, despite having requested the Electoral Census Office the exclusion of your data from the lists that are delivered to the candidates, we recommend you to explore the following link.
Summary
In summary, nothing else remains for each one to decide the appropriate time to carry out said procedure at the INE when it is considered appropriate. For that, already not receive electoral propaganda from the INE. Which can be annoying for many people who do not want to be invaded by any type of political advertising, for whatever reason.
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