This issue of Nolens Volens intends to explore the relationship between art and the electoral processes. It is structured on the basis of an investigation project called Action arts and election mechanisms and campaigns,directed by Joaquín Ivars and carried out at the Universidad Europea in Madrid, and the exhibition InterAcciones Electorales, which took place at the Madrid exhibition venue Off Limits, and included historical material, as well as the specific actions and artistic projects carried out during the campaign for the elections of May 9, 2008.