{"id":59644,"date":"2023-09-08T13:59:12","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T11:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=59644"},"modified":"2023-09-08T13:59:12","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T11:59:12","slug":"diaspora-seeks-the-right-to-vote-presents-draft-with-several-electoral-code-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/diaspora-seeks-the-right-to-vote-presents-draft-with-several-electoral-code-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Diaspora seeks the right to vote, presents draft with several Electoral Code changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With more than a year and a half until the next parliamentary elections, the Diaspora for Free Albania is advocating for Albanian emigrants who live and work outside the country\u2019s borders to exercise their right to vote.<\/p>\n<p>To make emigrant voting possible, they presented a draft with several changes to the Electoral Code, stating that their model is based on the German system and explaining the steps to be taken.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou make a request to the Central Election Commission (CEC), stating that you live outside the country and want to vote. They send you a letter with the ballots inside; you fill it out and send it back. It gets counted at a separate time and is stored securely because the security of this vote is very important to us,\u201d said Florian Ha\u00e7kaj, founder of Diaspora for Free Albania in Friday\u2019s presentation.<\/p>\n<p>Ha\u00e7kaj also had some messages for the politicians and their delay in progressing in this direction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t wish to go to Strasbourg if this isn\u2019t resolved because, believe me, everything has been discussed in advance. We hope that the politicians will do this or at least, it needs to be done before the highest court in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The draft with the proposed changes will be submitted to the Parliament, the Central Election Commission, and the President of the Republic of Albania.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With more than a year and a half until the next parliamentary elections, the Diaspora for Free Albania is advocating for Albanian emigrants who live and work outside the country\u2019s borders to exercise their right to vote. 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