Expat ballot plan tests parliamentary alliances

Expat ballot plan tests parliamentary alliances

Parliament will start debating legislation on Thursday that would create a diaspora electoral constituency and allow Greeks living abroad to vote by mail in parliamentary elections.

Greece tables bill for overseas postal voting

A draft law allowing Greeks living abroad to vote in parliamentary elections by post has been tabled in Parliament by Interior Minister Thodoris Livanios. The bill, titled “Definition of Overseas Greeks’ electoral district – Facilitation the exercise of voting rights by voters beyond the Greek territory through postal voting in parliamentary elections,” extends postal voting to national elections, as applied in the most recent European Parliamen…