All Belgian citizens who are listed in the population register kept by the Belgian diplomatic posts or consulates abroad and who fulfill the conditions or the electorate as it is stated in article 1, are obliged to vote.

The persons mentioned in the first sentence register as voter in one or the following municipalities:

1° in the Belgian municipality where the person was last registered in the population register before leaving the country;
2° otherwise in the Belgian municipality of his birthplace;
3° otherwise in the Belgian municipality where the father or the mother of the person are or have last been registered in the population register;
4° otherwise in the Belgian municipality in which an up to third-degree relative is registered or has last been registered, or finally in the municipality where an ancestor is born, is registered or has been registered in the population register.

They exercise their right to vote either personally or by proxy in a polling station on the Belgian territory, personally or by proxy in the diplomatic post or consulate where they are registered, or by mail.

With the exceptions stipulated in this title, the provisions of the Electoral Code are to be applied regardless of which operus morandi to be chosen for the voting.

The diplomatic posts or consulates verify the conditions of the electorate listed in article 1,

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Section 2

Application form for the registration as voter – Directive and communication of the voters’ list.