Lithuania’s President Gitanas Nausėda has called on the country’s diaspora to register to vote in the upcoming general elections.
He reminded that Lithuania’s nationals residing abroad would have a special single-member constituency and would be able to elect a representative to the parlimane for the first time.
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“The world community of Lithuanians will have its representative in the parliament as early as this autumn. The importance and the strength of this voice [in the parliament] will exclusively depend on your choice,” Nausėda said in a press release.
Expatriate voters can now start registering online to vote in the parliament elections due on October 11.
Once registered online, voters will be added to the register of a respective Lithuanian embassy or a consular establishment.
All voters need to register anew, including those who voted in the previous elections or referendums.
If choosing to vote by mail, voters will be sent a ballot, while others will be able to cast their votes at an embassy.
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