# In Spain, voting in elections is…

Question 1085 · Task 1 · Government, legislation and civic participation · CCSE 2026

**In Spanish, as in the exam:** En España el voto en las elecciones es…

- a) un derecho. (a right.) · Right answer
- b) un deber. (a duty.)
- c) una obligación. (an obligation.)

**Right answer:** a) un derecho.

## Why

In Spain voting is a right of citizens, but it is not compulsory. Nobody is penalised for not voting in elections.

Question 1085 of the Manual de preparación de la prueba CCSE 2026 © Instituto Cervantes: https://cervantes.org/sites/public/produccion/files/2026-10/manual-preparacion-prueba-ccse-2026.pdf

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