Slovakia's coalition government considers postponing postal voting ban amid internal disagreements

Slovakia's ruling coalition is struggling to reach agreement on proposed changes to electoral law, with the nationalist SNS party now suggesting the elimination of postal voting from abroad should be delayed until September. The coalition, led by the social-democratic Smer-SD party, has been unable to secure consensus among its partners during the first week of parliamentary sessions in May. An SNS representative indicated they would propose to Smer that the postal voting changes be postponed to allow more time to persuade coalition partners that other electoral reforms beyond just postal voting are also important. The disagreement highlights ongoing tensions within the three-party coalition government, which also includes the populist Hlas party, over electoral legislation that opposition parties and international observers have criticized as potentially restricting voting rights for Slovak citizens living abroad.