MobilEU Workshop: Democratic Participation of Mobile Electorates
Schedule
Tue May 30 2023 at 11:15 am to 05:30 pm
Location
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa | Lisbon, LI
About this Event
MobilEU
Increasing mobility challenges us to reconsider the way democracy is conceived and practiced. Inequalities in franchise rights and electoral participation persist across the European Union (EU). Mobile EU citizens may vote at local and European Parliament elections in their chosen Member State of residence and most of them also retain voting rights in these elections in their Member State of nationality. Some mobile EU citizens are also entitled to participate from abroad in national or sub-national elections held in their origin countries. Yet, some Member States do not provide such electoral entitlements to their non-resident citizens or they impose strict requirements for exercising the voting right from abroad. Franchise entitlements for non-resident nationals and non-national residents vary both within and across EU Member States. MobilEU is investigating these inequalities and is focused on the voting rights of both non-resident and non-national groups of mobile EU citizens in their EU Member States of residence and nationality.
This event will explore the following themes:
• Emigrants’ descriptive and/or substantive political representation in homeland parliaments/legislatures
• Drivers and outcomes of processes of emigrant enfranchisement
• Electoral competition dynamics and parties’ strategies for reaching out to external voters
• Modalities of voting from abroad in homeland elections
• Determinants and effects of emigrants’ electoral behavior in terms of turnout and party choice
• Institutional reforms aiming to improve emigrant participation and representation
Where is it happening?
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Colégio Almada Negreiros, Lisbon, PortugalEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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