Voting from Abroad Database

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Bahamas

Year	Election type	Voting method	First year	Comments
2011	Legislative	Personal	2012	The Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Act 2011 grants the possibility of voting from abroad, but only to certain people: students and public officers working outside Bahamas and their spouses, on the condition that they have a valid address in a constituency in Bahamas. Those whose official address is outside Bahamas cannot register and vote overseas. [Data has been updated in August 2021]
2007	No external voting	No external voting	Not applicable	Based on initial research conducted for the publication of Voting from Abroad: The International IDEA Handbook 2007.