An Interior Ministry bill that will lift restrictions for Greek citizens voting in elections abroad was tabled in Parliament on Monday, ANA reports.
It had been posted for public consultation earlier this month.
The bill is formally named “Revoking restrictions for the registration in special voter registration lists of voters living abroad” and is addressed to both Greek nationals living permanently abroad as well as to Greeks who happen to be abroad during election day.
Some of the restrictions the bill abolishes include the length of stay in Greece (2 years during the last 35 years) before voting and to have filed taxes during the current year or the previous one from the year of elections. These restrictions prevented the majority of voters abroad from participating in elections. The Greek Constitution provides the option of introducing voting restrictions on voting from abroad but does not mandate them (Article 54, Paragraph 4), leaving that right to Parliament’s discretion.
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