Slovakia's ruling coalition plans to exclude 200,000 citizens from voting, expatriate groups warn

Slovak expatriate organizations are warning that the ruling coalition's plan to eliminate postal voting could exclude 200,000 Slovak citizens living abroad from participating in democratic elections. The civic groups argue that canceling postal voting would undermine democracy by preventing a significant portion of the Slovak diaspora from exercising their constitutional right to vote. The coalition government, led by the social-democratic Smer-SD party, has not yet provided detailed justification for the proposed change to the electoral system that currently allows overseas citizens to participate in national elections through mail-in ballots.