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The book "The Spanish Electoral System. Memory, Balance, and Change" by María Garrote De Marcos analyzes the Spanish electoral system over time. The book addresses aspects such as the territorial scope of elections to the Congress of Deputies, the equality of the vote, and the reform of the electoral system. It highlights the evolution of suffrage rights and the electoral system in different periods of Spanish historical constitutionalism, as well as the importance of the province as a key electoral demarcation. The text also criticizes the flexible interpretation of the principle of electoral proportionality carried out by the Spanish Constitutional Court and raises the possibility of transitioning to closed but unblocked lists to allow for greater choice by voters. Overall, it highlights the adaptability of the electoral system to changes in competition between parties. [Extracted from the article]

In recent years, mechanisms have been activated in order to carry out political reforms in the Autonomous Communities, due to the greater fragmentation that exists in regional parliaments and the presence of political parties that support institutional reforms, aimed at deepening democratic regeneration. The aim of this paper is to join the main reflections and knowledge about the different types of open-lists and free-lists systems, and to examine the legal framework of the regional legislators for their adoption. To that end, this paper examines the different kinds of electoral lists, their advantages, disadvantages, effects and consequences of their use; the constitutional and legal framework that could limit its inclusion in the reforms of the autonomic electoral systems; as well as the main proposals that have already been formulated to introduce the preferential vote in the Autonomous Communities. The conclusions of the study suggest the viability of the introduction of the open-lists and free-lists systems in the autonomic electoral systems, given the current legal framework. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Since Castilla-La Mancha reached its political autonomy 35 years ago, nine regional elections have been held for choosing the representatives for the regional Parliament. The electoral system has been changed in four occasions, the most recent three in the last two legislatures. This paper aims to identify the effects of the different components of the electoral system on issues such as the value of the vote, its proportionality, the regional party sub-system, or regional political pluralism. Also, the paper will examine the arguments set forth by parties defending the reforms and the real goals that may have been behind them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

El artículo discurre sobre el sistema política y electoral en la región autónoma de Cataluña en España. El autor comenta sobre el rol del Parlamento de Cataluña en el proceso político y analiza la política cataluña con las situaciones en otras provincias españolas. También se consideran los partidos políticos, el proceso del voto y la reforma electoral en Catalonia.