However, that does not prevent these states, like others, from requiring voters living out of the country to register on the electoral roll. The registration requirements vary from one country to another.
In Belgium, for example, citizens must be recorded on the population register kept by diplomatic missions. No distinction is made between citizens “resident abroad” or “temporarily out of the country”.
Brazil requires citizens resident abroad to register on the electoral roll at diplomatic missions whatever the length of their stay.
In Korea, citizens resident abroad or temporarily out of the country are recorded on the population register.
Citizens resident in Hungary but temporarily out of the country are recorded on the population register at a consular office, provided however the country in which the office is located is not opposed to the election.
In Latvia, citizens resident abroad or temporarily out of the country can vote provided they are recorded on the population register at a consular office.
Mexico requires its nationals resident abroad or temporarily out of the country to hold a voter’s card issued to them in person in Mexico only.
On the other hand, Romania, for example, has no registration requirement prior to voting. Neither does Estonia if the person votes at a diplomatic mission or consular office. But an application must be made to vote by post. In Russia, a written application is not essential; a verbal request may be made to the relevant polling station.
Norway is even more open to voting by its citizens from abroad in that it keeps them for ten years on the electoral roll of the local authority where they were registered before leaving the country; once that period has expired, an application must be made to the Electoral Commission.
