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In our view, residency could be a criterion for allowing non-citizens the right to vote not only in local elections, but in regional, national and presidential elections as well. Equal treatment could be established for all residents (citizens and non-citizens) without differences in accordance with the number of foreign residents in proportion to the number of citizens. The reasoning for this is in that reality, most of those who are permanently residing as foreigners are more familiar or have stronger interest in the political life of the host state than in their state of origin.