Voting from Abroad Database

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Afghanistan

Year	Election type	Voting method	First year	Comments
2019	No external voting	No external voting	2004	Although the election law theoretically permits external voting (Article 5), the website of the election commission does not provide any information about the possibility of voting from abroad.
2007	Presidential	Personal	2004	Applied for the Loya Jirga and constitutional Loya Jirga elections in 2002 and 2003, and then the presidential election in 2004, but not to the legislative elections in 2005. The use of external voting during Presidential elections in 2004 was more an exception than a rule.