Panorama comparado del voto extranjero en América Latina

Abstract

Who is able to vote from a country different from that he/she was born?; What kind of requirements citizens living abroad have to fulfill to vote from the country they are currently living?; for what modality of elections they are able to cast their vote from abroad?; Are there specific requirements for the citizens living abroad to be registered in the electoral roll? On a compared perspective, in this article we are trying to give possible answers to these and some other questions that have arose around the Latin American region during the last 25 years around the voting from abroad topic. Latin America is the región that has the highest percentage of positive cases worldwide. Based on that premise, it is worth to take a look with a certain detail, to some of those mechanisms and procedures carried out - or will be carried out- to guarantee the respect to the political-electoral rights of people living abroad.