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    115 countries allow their expats to vote? Not anymore…

    By Noreen Bowden | September 27, 2013

    When I first started writing about emigrant voting rights back in 2006, a study had come out saying that there were 115 countries and territories around the world that allowed emigrant voting rights. The number would now be far higher – some of the countries that have introduced or are in the process of introducing voting rights or absentee ballots for overseas citizens since then include:

    • India
    • Costa Rica
    • Bolivia
    • Paraguay
    • Egypt
    • Libya
    • Tunisia
    • South Sudan
    • Cyprus
    • South Africa
    • Malaysia
    • Fiji

    As the trend toward overseas citizens voting rights continues and accelerates, Ireland’s status as a true outlier becomes more extreme.

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