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  2. Voting rights in Belgium - Wikipedia

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    The duty to vote in Belgium belongs to all adult Belgians. EU citizens can vote in European and municipal elections. Other foreigners have local voting rights when they have lived in the country for more than five years. Attendance is compulsory for Belgians in Belgium, not doing so results in a fine, 3 fines equals the loss of civil rights.

  3. Elections in Belgium - Wikipedia

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    EU citizens aged 18 or older may register to vote in Belgium for European and municipal elections, a right established by European treaties. Non-EU citizens may register to vote in Belgium for municipal elections only, if living in Belgium for at least five years; this right was introduced in 2004 after extensive political debate.

  4. Non-resident citizen voting - Wikipedia

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    Some countries (such as France) grant their expatriate citizens unlimited voting rights, identical to those of citizens living in their home country. [2] Other countries allow expatriate citizens to vote only for a certain number of years after leaving the country, after which they are no longer eligible to vote (e.g. 25 years for Germany, except if you can show that you are still affected by ...

  5. Non-citizen suffrage - Wikipedia

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    Non-citizen suffrage is the extension of the right to vote to non-citizens.This right varies widely by place in terms of which non-citizens are allowed to vote and in which elections, though there has been a trend over the last 30 years to enfranchise more non-citizens, especially in Europe.

  6. 2024 Belgian federal election - Wikipedia

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    In the run up to the 2024 Belgian federal election, various organisations carried out opinion polling to gauge voting intentions in Belgium. The date range for these polls were from a few months after the 2019 Belgian federal election , [ 20 ] held on 25 May 2019, to shortly before the 2024 Belgian federal election. [ 21 ]

  7. List of European Union member states by political system

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    There are three types of government systems in European politics: in a presidential system, the president is the head of state and the head of government; in a semi-presidential system, the president and the prime minister share a number of competences; finally, in a parliamentary republic, the president is a ceremonial figurehead who has few political competences.

  8. 2024 European Parliament election in Belgium - Wikipedia

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    Belgian citizens residing abroad are required to register by 29 February 2024 to be able to vote from the country where they reside. This will be the first election in Belgium where people from the age of 16 have the right to vote. People aged 16 and above are obligated to vote. [5] [6] [7] The electoral roll will be closed on 1 April 2024. [8]

  9. Electronic voting by country - Wikipedia

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    Estonia became the first country to have legally binding general elections using the Internet as a means of casting the vote. The option of voting via the Internet in the local election was available nationally. It was declared a success by the Estonian election officials, [33] with 9,317 people voting online.