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Direct Democracy in the municipal scope

Municipal Regulations on Participative Democracy
Reference model. Demopunk Net, 2002



Chapter 1. General provisions

Chapter 2. About binding referendum

Chapter 3. About general provisions for the initiative

Chapter 4. About the institutional initiative for the legislative ratification

Chapter 5. About the popular legislative initiative

Chapter 6. About the popular abrogative initiative

Chapter 7. About the popular initiative revoking public post

Chapter 8. About municipal institutions of DD

Note. The symbol "SP" heads the articles and varieties of present regulations needed to fufill national and regional legislation in Spain.



Chapter 1. General provisions

Article 1. Scope
  1. The present regulations complement and extend freedoms of Direct Democracy included by national and regional legislation, being applicable to municipal scope.
  2. These regulations detail freedoms of Direct Democracy enjoyed by people of this town. They include several institutional and popular initiatives leading to binding referendum.
  3. The political freedom of Participative Budget is regulated separately by its own regulations.
  4. Municipal associationsm is regulated separately by the Regulations on Citizen Participación.
Article 2. Agreements
  1. Within these regulations the term "active electoral body" is a number of citizens calculated as the mean turnover of the last four municipal elections.

Chapter 2. About binding referendum


Article 3. Binding nature
  1. Decision taken in referendum is binding on all municipal authority. Consultive nature will only exist within the special circumstances stated by these regulations, o when regional or national legislation forbid explicitly the binding nature.
  2. Binding nature of a decision taken in referendum requires a turnover upper to 50% of the active electoral body.
  3. Questions under referendum will be headed by following legend: "Every municipal authority is bound by the decision of this referendum except for the regulated special circumstances".
Article 4. Object of referendum
  1. In general, every municipal areas of competence can be object of referendum, including its competence to appear before other institutions.
  2. Objects of municipal referendum will be too what stated explicitly by national or regional legislation.
Article 5. Exclusions
  1. If people of this town enjoy the political freedom of Participative Budget, decisions with budget nature will be excluded as object of referendum. Or else, following criteria will be applicable:
    1. Initiatives on current annual municipal budget are excluded as object of referendum, and on the approved one for next year.
    2. Every budgetary decision with multiannual nature can be object of referendum. The result of referendum will be not binding for current and next year.
    3. Allocation of budgetary minima for a specific area can be object of referendum. The decision taken in referendum will be binding for eight budgetary years.
  2. Decisions outside the municipal scope are excluded as object of referendum. However, object of referendum can be every issue raised in terms of political position or attitude of town's people, without restrictions; in this case the binding nature is viewed as municipal institutions will assume officially the decision taken in referendum.
  3. For four years, every initiative including total or partially a decision taken in referendum already. The term will be calculated by means of referendum's date and the date of the new petition.
  4. Exclusions will be considered by the Municipal Council of DD.
Article 6. Veto referendum
  1. No municipal institution or authority can veto execution of a referendum.
  2. If national or regional legislation forbids explicitly the binding nature of some kind of referendum, the question under referendum replaces the top legend by: "Due to legal imperative this referendum is not binding". If Town Council does not oppose explicitly, the legend will be completed with: "The Town Council considers itself politically bounded with the decision of this referendum except for the regulated special circumstances".
  3. [SP] To fulfil the Article 71 of the Law 7/1985 Regulating the Foundations of the Local Regime, Government willbe asked for authorization to hold the referendum described in paragraph 4 of Article 15. If when date of referendum come, mentioned authorization is not got or referendum had been forbidden, the top legend will be replaced by: "Due to legal imperative this event is not considered as a referendum, nor is legally binding". In this case, if Town Council does not oppose explicitly, the legend will be completed with: "The Town Council considers itself politically bounded with the decision of this Public Poll except for the regualted special circumstances". In this case, the Municipal Council of DD will issues orders to replace the term "Referendum" by "Public Poll".
Article 7. Text of the decision under referendum
  1. There will be a sole question, with a sole answer.
  2. In general, the expression will allow the answers "Yes" or "No", or another expression which answer exhibits clear separate means.
  3. Municipal Council of DD could allow expressions for referendum with no more than four answers when decision has numerical nature. 
  4. For some specific classes of initiative, these regulations states the concrete text of the answer. For the rest former precepts will be applicable.
Article 8. Infrastructure of the referendum
  1. The Municipal Council of DD will issue orders to Municipal Management Service of DD to arrange the required logistic support. During electoral day, at least a third part of municipal security forces will be under orders of Municipal Council of DD.
  2. Electoral observers can be the representatives of political parties, of the Town Council, of the Citizens' Associations and the vouchsafers of the Promoting Committe. All of them will have to be ratified by Municipal Council of DD at least a week before the referendum is held.
  3. The electoral board of the polling stations are made up among citizens of the town according to current electoral legislation. Electoral observers, members and vouchesafers of the Promoting Committe, or members of the Town Council cannot belong to a board of polling station.
  4. Along electoral day the Municipal Council of DD will be automatically called in permanent sesion, in order to resolve any eventuality.
Article 9. Realization of the referendum
  1. The decision under referendum is taken by means of individual, free and secret vote of the citizens of the town, placed in an electoral ballot box. The vote is accomplished within a sole electoral day.
  2. The right for electoral abstention will be protected.
  3. The vote by mail is accomplished according to current electoral legislation.
  4. Voting process in every polling station is managed by its electoral board. Its decisions are executive inmediately, but could be appealed before Municipal Council of DD.
Article 10. Guarantee of secret vote
  1. Every electoral ballot box will have in front of it, to a distance of two meters, a voting booth. The booths has an entry in its rear side and an exit in its front side, designed for the voter has privacy inside.
  2. Inside the booth there will be the ballots and envelopes needed for voting.
  3. Use of the booth is an electoral duty; it will be not possible to exercise the right of voting without previously to stay within the voting booth. The voter will enter to booth when calling by name by board of polling station, when exiting voter will go inmediately to deposit its vote into the electoral box. Any other behaviour could be qualified by the board as null vote.
  4. At the request of the board, the security forces will warrant by means of some procedure the voting privacy of voters who due to some kind of physical inability or of another nature could not use the voting booth.
  5. In general, security forces will prevent public ostentation of voting intention.
Article 11. Guarantee of secret abstention
  1. Once official count of the electoral board have ended, lists with name of voters generated during the electoral day are destroyed. The security forces will warrant their irreversible destruction, and mentioned list never leaves the electoral board.
  2. The security forces will prevent copies of mentioned list were made by any way.
Article 12. Count of the referendum
  1. At the end of the electoral day, every electoral board will accomplish publicly the count. The results will be reported to Municipal Council of DD to the provisional proclamation of the result.
  2. The Municipal Council of DD will warrant enough resources to get a provisional official count taking account over the 95% of votes within the next 6 hours after closing the polling stations.
  3. The decision under referendum is taken by majority. The most voted option becomes in the decision of referendum.
  4. When used expression admited several numerical responses, the numerical decision will be taken proportionally to the votes for each option.
Article 13. Failure to comply with binding nature
  1. Failure to comply with binding nature of the decision taken by referendum will be estimated by the Municipal Council of DD.
  2. The Promoting Committe of the popular initiative, a 20% of the own council and a 20% of the presidents of Citizens' Associations could cause the deliberation of the Municipal County of DD.
  3. The official declaration of failure will be notified to the judicial authority, asking for its protection and the executive compliance of the decision of the referendum.
  4. The official declarations of failure will be read and transcribed entirely in all municipally-owned communication media. They will be also edited on edict and sent by direct personal mailing to all citizens by the Municipal Management Service of DD. This broadcasting campaign will be accomplished when oficial declaration of failure are issued and at the end of the electoral campaign of the next municipal elections too.

Chapter 3. About general provisions for the initiative

Article 14. Initiative to the referendum
  1. The initiative of calling a referendum can be exercised by the municipal institutions and by people in the terms regulated by these regulations.
  2. These general provisions are applicable to any kind of generic initiative.
  3. For some kinds of initiative, these regulations will define their peculiarities too. Mentioned specific initiatives are:
    1. Institutional initiative for the legislative ratification
    2. Popular legislative initiative
    3. Popular abrogative initiative
    4. Popular initiative revoking public post
Article 15. Institutional initiative for referendum
  1. The Town Council is legitimized to initiate a calling for referendum in the terms stated by the national and regional legislation, and by these regulations.
  2. Another municipal institutions could generate an initiative if they are explicitly legitimized by the national and regional legislation, or by the own Town Council.
  3. The Municipal Council of DD will receive the petitions of the institutional initiative.
  4. [SP] By legal imperative from Article 71 of the Law 7/1985 Regulating the Foundations of Local Regime the Major, prior authorization by absolute majority of the Municipal Corporation, can held a popular plebiscite on issues within municipal scope and local nature having a special interest for citizens, with exception of issues related to local public purse. This procedure will be used as an exception when the Major decides.
Article 16. Popular initiative for referendum
  1. People of this town enjoy the political freedom to initiate the calling for municipal referendum.
  2. The Municipal Council of DD will receive the petitions of the popular initiative. The petition will be accomplished by the Promoting Committe of the popular initiative.
Article 17. Promoting Committe of the popular initiative
  1. The Promoting Committe is the citizen organization that begins the popular initiative. Its creation and existence, as well as its functions, rights and duties, are regulated in these regulations.
  2. The Promoting Committe will be comprised exclusively by physical persons. As a minimum three members will be identified in charge of rules of the President, Secretary and Treasurer, conforming the direction of the committe.
  3. All members of the Promoting Committe should be citizens of the town, registered in the municipal census at least two years ago.
Article 18. Submission of a petition
  1. The institutions and the Promoting Committe submit the petition of initiative for municipal referendum to the Municipal Council of DD, with informative copy to the Town Council. It will have follow composition, written in all official idioms of the town:
    1. Title or short identification of the initiative, which will appear in future documents or in promotion.
    2. Kind of initiative to referendum. It can be a generic initiative or some of the specific kinds included within these regulations.
    3. Expression used by the question of the referendum, if it is not regulated by these regulations.
    4. Legal texts or another nature documents which must be attached.
    5. Foundations of the legitimacy of the institution, if it is an institutional initiative.
    6. Composition of the Promoting Committe, if it is a popular initiative.
  2. The petition will be dated by the input register of the Municipal Council of DD. Alternatively, by cases of force majeure a notarial notification could be accomplished before the Municipal Council of DD and before the Town Council.
Article 19. Application of a petition
  1. The Municipal Council of DD will have thirty days to make public the official existence of the initiative to referendum, or else the nullity of the petition, after checking:
    1. The composition of the Promoting Committe or the legitimacy of the institution.
    2. That the object of the initiative to referendum complies with these regulations.
    3. That no exclusion for referendum are present.
    4. That the expression and associated texts complies formally with the kind of initiative raised.
  2. If the specified period has passed the petition becomes automatically initiative to referendum if there is not an official declaration of nullity of the petition on the part of the Municipal Council of DD. When status of initiative is reached, the petition enjoys all rights regulated by these regulations.
  3. Through administrative channel, official declaration of nullity on the part of the Municipal Council of DD is unappealable.
Article 20. Ratification of the popular initiative
  1. Popular initiative has to be ratified at least by signing of 6% of active electoral body. Ratification by an municipal elector is accomplished by means of its sign and identification.
  2. Since the initiative is official, Promoting Committe will have six months at the latest to recollect needed signs in sheets. Once mentioned term has passed it will be understood the initiative has run out.
  3. The empty sheets can be printed freely, by any way. Format of sheets of signs is common for all of popular initiative; initiative-specific sheets will be never required. They will be printed in all official idioms of the town.
  4. If there are associated texts associated to the initiative, the citizen will be provided with copy previously to ratification.
  5. The empty sheets has space to contain only following data:
    1. Title and kind of initiative.
    2. Expression used by the question of the referendum.
    3. Sign, name, surnames, identification and address of every citizen. Its sign ratifies the initiative and the knowledge of the associated texts if any. Every sheet will have space for thirty citizens exactly.
  6. The act of ratification is accomplished by means of signing, physically before voucher.
Article 21. Vouchers of the ratification of the popular initiative
  1. In every popular initiative, the Municipal Management Service of DD will appoint at least two vouchers among its municipal officiers. The citizens will be able to ratify the initiative in the facilities of the own Municipal Management Service of DD.
  2. Promoting Committe will be able to appoint its own vouchers among citizens of the town.
  3. Within first fifteen days, all vouchers will take the oath to testify before Municipal Council of DD, or alternately before notary. Their oath will be kept validity while the initiative had not run out. A voucher is subjected to penal responsability derived from perjury.
  4. Subsequently, new vouchers could be only appointed as result of substitution by cases of force majeure.
Article 22. Verification of the ratification
  1. The collected signs for ratification of a popular initiative have to be put to a verification process. The sheets with signs will be put by all vouchers before Municipal Council of DD; during this act attested copies will be made remaining in the hands of Promoting Committe. The Municipal Council of DD will have forty five days to verify signs.
  2. By cases of force majeure or failure of periods, the verification could be accomplished by a notary at the request of Promoting Committe.
  3. Randomly, on a subset no lower than 3% of the signs, direct verification will be accomplished before the elector who ratified the initiative, taking the oath on its ratification.
  4. If the number of electors which cannot be get hold of is over 10%, or if more than 3% of electors refuse to be taken the oath, the periods of the initiative will keep suspended, reporting the facts to judicial authority as supposed electoral crime of fraud or boycott. Judicial sentence could cancel or resume the initiaitive, as well as to repeat the verification process. Under mentioned percent figures the initiative will be not suspended, but the Municipal Council of DD could report the facts to judicial authority to investigate individual responsabilities
  5. A popular initiative will be not considered ratified without its respective verification. Once popular initiative is ratified, the Promoting Committe cannot withdraw it.
Article 23. Calling for referendum
  1. Declaration of official existence of an institutional initiative, or ratification of a popular initiative provokes teh automatic calling for its referendum.
  2. In order to guarantee enough time for public debate the length of campaign is 180 days, holding the referendum the first holiday once campaign passed.
  3. The Municipal Council of DD will give Municipal Management Service of DD needed orders to hold the referendum. By cases of force majeure or failure of periods the calling institution or the Promoting Committe will be legitimized to manage temporarily the celebration, counting, proclamation of results of the referendum, that will be held the next available holiday.
Article 24. Financing of popular initiatives
  1. The Promoting Committe will receive, as compensation of expenses for ratification of popular initiative, a fixed amount equal to 1% of yearly budget of DD set aside for financing of popular initiatives.
  2. The Promoting Committe will receive, as compensation of expendses for campaign of referendum of a popular initiative, a fixed amount equal to 4% of yearly budget of DD set aside for financing of popular initiatives.
  3. Both amounts will be met by Municipal Management Service of DD within five days next to official ratification of popular initiative.

Chapter 4. About institutional initiative for legislative ratification

Article 25
. Institutional initiative for legislative ratification
  1. The Town Council can hold a referendum on legislative texts, regulations or municipal normative before coming into effect. Previous general provisions to the initiative will be applicable, together with following specific regulations.
Article 26. Petition of the institutional initiative for lesgislative ratification
  1. The Town Council will address the petition to the Municipal Council of DD that will contain the legislative text written as normative set of regulations.
Article 27. Question of referendum
  1. The text of the question of referendum will be: "As expression of Constituent Power held by me, I opt for: A) Ratifying the legislative text proposed by the Town Council, B) Refusing the legislative text".
Article 28. Publicity of legislative text
  1. During the campaign of referendum the municipally-owned communication media will be obliged to publish the complete legislative text every 60 days and within the week before the referendum.
  2. During the campaign of referendum the municipally-owned audiovisual communication media will be obliged to hold debates every 60 days and within the week before the referendum.
  3. The Municipal Management Service of DD will publish by means of printed proclamation, data media and data networks the legislative text.
  4. The complete legislative text will remain displayed, at visible position, at the entrance of the polling stations during the referendum day.

Chapter 5. About popular legislative initiative

Article 29. Popular legislative initiative
  1. People of this town enjoy the political freedom to introduce legislative texts, regulations and rules applied to municipal scope. Previous general provisions for initiative, together following specific provisions, will be applicable.
Article 30. Petition of the popular legislative initiative
  1. The petition of the popular legislative initiative will include the legislative text, written as normative article set.
Article 31. Institutional counter-proposal
  1. Town Council can introduce an alternative legislative text. It has to be notified to the Municipal Council of DD within the next thirty days after the official ratification of the popular initiative. The institutional counter-proposal cannot be withdrawn later.
  2. The Municipal Council of DD could reject the institutional counter-proposal if it considers the proposal is not an alternative text or it includes issues outside  of the popular initiative. Promoting Committe could request the council to pronounce on. Through administrative channel, its decision is unappealable.
  3. The institutional counter-proposal will be voted on referendum, as an alternative to the complete text of the popular initiative.
Article 32. Question of referendum
  1. If there is an institutional counter-proposal, the text of the question of the referendum is: "As expression of Constituent Power held by me, I opt for: A) Supporting the legislative text proposed by the Promoting Committe, B) Supporting the legislative text proposed by the Town Council, C) Rejecting both legislative texts".
  2. If there is noy an institutional counter-proposal, the text of the question of the referendum is: "As expression of Constituent Power held by me, I opt for: A) Supporting the legislative text proposed by the Promoting Committe, B) Rejecting the legislative text".
Article 33. Publicity of legislative texts
  1. The vouchers hand over a copy of legislative text proposed by the Promoting Committe to everybody being to ratify the popular initiative, as act before signing.
  2. During the campaign of referendum the municipally-owned communication media will be obliged to publish the complete legislative texts every 60 days and within the week before the referendum.
  3. During the campaign of referendum the municipally-owned audiovisual communication media will be obliged to hold debates every 60 days and within the week before the referendum.
  4. The Municipal Management Service of DD will publish by means of printed proclamation, data media and data networks the legislative texts.
  5. The complete legislative texts will remain displayed, at visible position, at the entrance of the polling stations during the referendum day.

Chapter 6. About popular abrogative initiative

Article 34. Popular abrogative initiative
  1. People of this town enoy the political freedom to abrogate legislative texts, regulations and rules applicable to municipal scope. Revocation of decisions of Town Council or another municipal institution could be also object of this kind of initiative.
  2. Los ciudadanos de este municipio disfrutan de la libertad política de revocar textos legislativos, reglamentos y normativa aplicable al ámbito municipal. La revocación de decisiones de la Corporación Municipal o de cualquier otra institución municipal son también objeto de este tipo de iniciativa. Serán de aplicación las anteriores disposiciones generales a la iniciativa, junto con las siguientes disposiciones especificas.
  3. La iniciativa popular abrogatoria no suspende la vigencia de los textos legislativos y decisiones institucionales. Sólo el carácter vinculante del resultado del referéndum podrá motivar a las instituciones municipales para la abrogación.
Artículo 35. Petición de la iniciativa popular abrogatoria
  1. La petición a iniciativa popular abrogatoria contendrá la lista de abrogación, es decir los textos legislativos y decisiones institucionales que contempla la iniciativa popular; dicha lista deberá guardar alguna coherencia temática.
  2. Los contenidos de la lista de abrogación serán identificados literalmente, con expresión de cuándo entraron en vigor cada uno de ellos.
Artículo 36. Abrogación previa al referéndum
  1. Si las instituciones municipales revocarán todos los contenidos de la lista de abrogación antes de la celebración del referéndum, la Junta Municipal de DD a petición de la Comisión Promotora dejará la iniciativa popular y los plazos consumidos en suspenso.
  2. Durante dos años la Comisión Promotora podrá solicitar la reactivación de la iniciativa popular si considera que concurren nuevamente los motivos que generaron la iniciativa popular. Transcurrido este plazo la iniciativa se considerará caducada.
Artículo 37. Pregunta al referéndum
  1. El texto de la pregunta bajo referéndum es: "Como expresión del Poder Constituyente que ostento, opto por: A) Revocar el conjunto normativo y las decisiones institucionales propuesto por la Comisión Promotora, B) Rechazar la propuesta de la Comisión Promotora".
Artículo 38. Publicidad de los contenidos de la lista de abrogación
  1. Los fedatarios harán entrega a cada persona que desee ratificar la iniciativa popular de una copia de los contenidos de la lista de abrogación, como acto previo a la firma.
  2. Durante la campaña del referéndum los medios de comunicación impresos de titularidad pública estarán obligados a la publicación de los los contenidos íntegros de la lista de abrogación cada 60 días y dentro de la semana previa al referéndum.
  3. Durante la campaña del referéndum los medios de comunicación audiovisuales de titularidad pública estarán obligados a la celebración de debates cada 60 días y dentro de la semana previa al referéndum.
  4. El Organo Municipal Gestor de DD publicará mediante bando impreso, soporte informático y redes de datos los contenidos de la lista de abrogación.
  5. Los contenidos de la lista de abrogación permanecerán expuestos, en lugar visible, a la entrada de los colegios electorales durante la jornada del referéndum.

Capítulo 7. De la iniciativa popular revocatoria de cargo público

Artículo 39
. Iniciativa popular revocatoria
  1. Los ciudadanos de este municipio disfrutan de la libertad política de revocar cargos públicos, electos o no electos. Serán de aplicación las anteriores disposiciones generales a la iniciativa, junto con las siguientes disposiciones especificas.
  2. Cuando la iniciativa popular pretenda la revocación de un cargo electo, deberá ser presentada de forma que su referéndum ocurra al menos 90 días antes de la finalización de su mandato.
  3. Si la legislación nacional o regional prohibe alguna forma de revocación popular de cargos electos, el referéndum tomará el carácter de moción popular de censura.
Artículo 40. Petición a la iniciativa popular revocatoria
  1. La petición a iniciativa popular revocatoria contendrá la lista de cargos públicos que se desea revocar, con expresión de la fecha y origen del cargo público que posee.
Artículo 41. Revocación previa al referéndum
  1. Si todos los cargos públicos que contempla la iniciativa popular cesan en sus funciones antes de la celebración del referéndum, la Junta Municipal de DD a petición de la Comisión Promotora dejará la iniciativa popular y los plazos consumidos en suspenso.
  2. Durante dos años la Comisión Promotora podrá solicitar la reactivación de la iniciativa popular si considera que concurren nuevamente los motivos que generaron la iniciativa popular. Transcurrido este plazo la iniciativa se considerará caducada.
Artículo 42. Pregunta al referéndum
  1. El texto de la pregunta bajo referéndum será: "Como expresión del Poder Constituyente que ostento, opto por: A) Revocar la lista de cargos públicos propuesta por la Comisión Promotora, B) Rechazar la propuesta de la Comisión Promotora".

Capítulo 8. De las instituciones municipales de DD


Artículo 43. Junta Municipal de Democracia Directa
  1. La Junta Municipal de DD es la máxima autoridad municipal en relación a la gestión y protección de las libertades de Democracia Directa. Este reglamento desarrolla sus funciones, así como los mecanismos de cooperación con la Corporación Municipal.
  2. La Junta Municipal de DD redactará y aprobará su propio reglamento interno, que incluirá la elección de su Presidente y otros cargos organizativos.
  3. Las decisiones se toman por mayoría simple, con voto de calidad del Presidente.
  4. Todas sus reuniones y decisiones son públicas.
Artículo 44. Organo Gestor Municipal de Democracia Directa
  1. El Organo Gestor Municipal de DD es el órgano técnico responsable de la ejecución, logística y administración presupuestaria de los actos derivados del ejercicio de las libertades políticas de DD.
  2. Depende orgánicamente de la Junta Municipal de DD y administrativamente de la Corporación Municipal que aporta el personal técnico funcionario.
  3. La Junta Municipal de DD planificará en cada momento sus necesidades de personal, con garantía de hasta un 4% del personal técnico funcionario del municipio. Nombra o cesa libremente al máximo responsable del órgano gestor, entre el personal técnico funcionario.
Artículo 45. Presupuesto municipal de DD
  1. La Junta Municipal de DD planificará el presupuesto del Organo Gestor Municipal de DD. Recibirá una aportación fija no inferior al 1% del presupuesto municipal, y otra aportación retornable no inferior al 2% del presupuesto municipal para la financiación de campañas de iniciativas populares.
  2. La Junta Municipal de DD invertirá al menos el 10% de su presupuesto fijo en campañas anuales de información de las libertades políticas de DD en asociaciones de vecinos, centros educativos, etcétera.
Artículo 46. Composición de la Junta Municipal de DD
  1. La Junta Municipal de DD está compuesta por representantes de diferentes cuerpos, que deberán estar empadronados con una antigüedad mínima de dos años en el momento de ser nominado como candidato.
  2. La nominación de candidatos se realizará ante la propia Junta Municipal de DD, o en su primera constitución ante la Corporación Municipal, que estimará si reunen las condiciones para su candidatura. En vía administrativa, su decisión es inapelable.
Artículo 47. Cuerpo político de la Junta Municipal de DD
  1. En función de los resultados electorales, los partidos políticos, coaliciones o agrupaciones de electores que se presenten a las elecciones municipales aportarán un total de cinco miembros a la junta, utilizando un criterio proporcional puro sin cuotas mínimas. 
  2. La nominación de cada lista completa de candidatos para la Junta Municipal de DD coincidirá en fecha y plazos con la nominación de candidatos para la Corporación Municipal. No se podrá ser simultáneamente candidato para ambas instituciones. Aquellas listas no presentadas provocarán vacantes.
  3. Los candidatos se convertirán en miembros de la Junta Municipal de DD cuando la autoridad electoral proclame los resultados definitivos de las elecciones municipales.
  4. La renuncia voluntaria de estos miembros provoca vacante y sólo podrán ser sustituidos por causas de fuerza mayor, estimada por la Junta Municipal de DD.
Artículo 48. Cuerpo asociativo de la Junta Municipal de DD
  1. Los presidentes de las Asociaciones de Vecinos de cada distrito, reguladas por el Reglamento de Participación Ciudadana, serán miembros natos de la junta. Existirá un máximo de ocho miembros de este cuerpo.
  2. Se adquiere o se pierde la condición de miembro de la junta con la condición de presidente de la Asociación de Vecinos del distrito. Será requisito estar empadronado con una antigüedad mínima de dos años para incorporarse a la junta.
  3. Si existiesen más distritos que el máximo número de miembros, se rotará cambiando uno de los miembros cada año. La renuncia, inexistencia o falta de antigüedad de un presidente provoca la rotación.
  4. Todos los presidentes de las Asociaciones de Vecinos de cada distrito pueden asistir a las reuniones de la Junta Municipal de DD, con derecho a voz. El reglamento interno de la junta podrá regular derechos adicionales.
Artículo 49. Cuerpo participativo de la Junta Municipal de DD
  1. Los vecinos que hubiesen dirigido la Comisión Promotora de alguna iniciativa popular podrán constituirse en asamblea. Se requerirá que la iniciativa popular haya alcanzado la ratificación mínima de firmas exigida por este reglamento.
  2. Este derecho se adquiere a título vitalicio, y sólo se perderá al causar baja en el padrón municipal.
  3. Cada cuatro años la Junta Municipal de DD convocará esta asamblea para elegir miembros de la junta entre los integrantes de la asamblea, que libremente podrán presentarse candidatos hasta diez días antes. La asamblea utilizará el sistema electoral de Voto Personal Transferible para elegir hasta tres miembros y tres suplentes para la Junta Municipal de DD.
  4. Todos los integrantes de la asamblea pueden asistir a las reuniones de la Junta Municipal de DD, con derecho a voz. El reglamento interno de la junta podrá regular derechos adicionales.