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Greece

Year	Election type	Voting method	First year	Comments
2024	Legislative Referendums European Parliamentary elections	Postal Personal	2014 for European Parliamentary Elections; 2023 for National Parliamentary Elections	Postal voting is allowed for the first time for the 2024 European Parliamentary Elections. There are not yet provisions for postal voting in National Parliamentary Elections.
2019	Legislative European Parliamentary elections	Personal	2023 for parliamentary elections	A bill enacted in 2019 granted the right to vote for voters residing abroad. Out-of-country voters should have lived for two years in Greece during the previous 35 years and should have submitted a tax return during the year of the election or the previous year. This new provision has been implemented during 2023 Parliamentary Elections, in which 22,855 voters abroad were registered and 18,203 voted (79.65% turnout).
2014	European Parliamentary elections	Personal	2014	The Constitution (Art. 51) guarantees the right to vote in parliamentary elections for persons living outside the country but there are no laws implementing this provision. Currently Greek citizens abroad can vote only in EU Parliamentary elections. Data has been update in July 2019.

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