Electors who are temporarily abroad between the calling of an election process and its taking place and wish to exercise their right to vote may do so by following a specific procedure
Fill in the application form, which you can find at your consulate or embassy, or in the “GENERAL INFORMATION” section of this website.
The form must be submitted in person at the consulate or embassy.
The deadline for submitting applications is 29 April.
In order to apply, you must be registered in the consular register as a non-resident.
Both procedures (application and registration) can be carried out at the same time.
The electoral register office will send you the following items:
An information sheet.
A blank ballot paper in the case of Local elections, ballot papers for all candidates in all other processes and voting envelopes.
Copy of the “Official Gazette” of the province with the proclaimed candidacies in the Municipality (Local elections)
Electoral roll registration certificate.
An envelope addressed to your polling station.
Form for the refund of postal vote postage costs.
In the case of Local elections, write on the ballot paper the name of the party, federation, coalition or grouping for whose candidacy you wish to vote and place the ballot paper in the voting envelope; in all other processes, place the ballot paper of the chosen candidacy in the envelope.
You must include the following in the envelope addressed to the polling station:
Voting envelopes with your vote.
Electoral roll registration certificate.
If you wish, the completed form for the refund of postage costs.
Send the envelope by registered mail, you can do so until 24 May.
For these votes to be valid, it is essential that the envelope be clearly marked with a postmark or other official inscription from a post office of the state concerned certifying that it has been sent within the prescribed time limit.
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