In Brasilien können portugiesische Staatsbürger wählen, ebenso wie Brasilianer in Portugal. Dies ist durch das Brasilien-Portugal-Gleichheitsstatut möglich, das den Bürgern beider Länder, sofern sie sich rechtmäßig im anderen Land aufhalten, gleiche Rechte und Pflichten, einschließlich des Wahlrechts, garantiert. In manchen Fällen ist es auch möglich, für ein politisches Amt zu kandidieren.
Es gibt Ausnahmen: In Brasilien beispielsweise ist das Amt des Präsidenten der Republik ausschließlich gebürtigen Brasilianern vorbehalten – nicht einmal eingebürgerte Brasilianer können kandidieren.
Es ist wichtig zu beachten, dass dieses Recht nicht automatisch besteht: Es ist notwendig, das Gesetz zu beantragen und ein formelles Verfahren für seine Gewährung zu durchlaufen.
Von Beautiful-Rough2310
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Very interesting.
In South Korea, under the Public Official Election Act, foreign nationals aged 18 or older who have held permanent residency status, or an F-5 visa, for at least three years are granted voting rights in municipal elections.
As of January 2025, more than 140,000 foreign residents had qualified to vote for local government heads and council members.
Foreigners can’t vote for president in Argentina. They can vote on all other categories as long as they’re residents.
In the UK, if I’m not wrong there are certain agreements that allow foreign citizens to vote depending on where they’re from. I think especially the Irish are basically treated practically as citizens when it comes to things like this, due to the bilateral agreements in place.
In Germany foreigners are allowed to vote in the local Kommunalwahlen
EU citizens can vote in local elections of other EU countries
Uh – this map is garbage.
The most prominent example of non-citizen voting is the UK, where any Commonwealth or Irish citizen can vote in all elections and referenda.
UK citizens can vote in Irish parliamentary and local elections.
EU and UK citizens can vote in one another’s local elections.
In Portugal Brazilians can vote in all elections even the European elections.
The same restriction applies, Brazilians can’t run for president of Portugal.
The rule exists so no one can be the president of both countries and tries a reunification.
In part of the US, foreigners can vote locally. The fact that they can get voter registration is part of the big issue that republicans are pushing because they say “once you get a voter registration how easy is it to ensure they only vote in the elections they are supposed to”
EU citizens can vote in EU elections in whatever member state they live in. British and Irish citizens can vote in one another’s national elections, though UK citizens can’t vote in presidential elections or referenda.
Commonwealth citizens are allowed to vote in UK elections
[Not a thing for Estonia anymore](https://besacenter.org/changes-in-non-eu-suffrage-in-estonia-reasons-and-potential-consequences/), unless you count citizens of EU.
Pretty sure in the case of the Schengen zone, any citizen of a Schengen country can vote in another Schengen country, provided they have lived in said country a set amount of years and fulfill the conditions to vote in said country.
Irish people can vote in UK parliamentary elections if they’re living in the UK, and vice versa.
Portugueses? I think you mean Portugeese.
All EU citizens can vote in local elections where they reside, including every other EU state