Généralisation et pratiques du vote à distance. Introduction thématique

Abstract

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Hybrid Voters: How the Politics in the Home and the New Country Influences External Voters

“…Ellis et al, 2007;Lafleur, 2015). Many studies analysed the (constraining) requirements to register as an external voter, the procedures to cast vote, or still how the adoption of these dispositions diffused across countries (Belton, 2019;Brand, 2010;Earnest, 2015;Ellis et al, 2007;Hartmann, 2015;Jaulin & Smith, 2015;Lafleur, 2011bLafleur, , 2015. Country-specific factors related to the history and nature of the relationship between the government and emigrants determine the introduction of external voting practices in a country (Collyer, 2014).…”

“…Over the last two decades, States have continuously revised whether and how people who make their permanent residence outside the boundaries of their country of origins may participate in their home-country elections (Bauböck, 2005;Ellis, Navarro, Morales, Gratschew, & Braun, 2007;Hutcheson & Arrighi, 2015;Lafleur, 2015;Turcu & Urbatsch, 2014). Therefore, the literature on external voting has expanded and mostly focused on the content, the application, and the diffusion of such external voting rights across countries (Bermudez & Lafleur, 2015;Earnest, 2015;Ellis et al, 2007;Gamlen, 2018;Hartmann, 2015;Hutcheson & Arrighi, 2015;Jaulin & Smith, 2015;Lafleur, 2011bLafleur, , 2015. While these contributions demonstrate that implementation of such enfranchisement rights contrasts sharply from one country to one another, other works have turned to question how they could boost or hinder external voters' turnout in home-country elections (Bermudez, 2010;Lafleur & Calderon, 2011;McIlwaine & Bermudez, 2015;Tager, 2006;Tintori, 2012), which is overall low (Kivisto, 2001;Waldinger & Fitzgerald, 2004).…”

Migration within Africa and Beyond

“…About half of African governments now permit dual citizenship for their nationals living in other countries (Manby 2009), though the process of obtaining such rights often has been politicized (Whitaker 2011). African diasporas have been lobbying for the ability to participate in home country elections through overseas voting (Jaulin & Smith 2016), but partisan rivalries and debates surrounding the circumstances of migration have stalled their efforts in some cases (Wellman 2016; Whitaker & Inyanji 2016). As the number of migrants continues to increase, within Africa and beyond, more research is needed about prevailing political discourses on migration, the lived experiences of migrants and hosts, the perceived and real security implications of migration, and the political influence of diaspora populations.…”

Emigrant Inclusion in Home Country Elections: Theory and Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa

“…Scholars of external voting have identified a pervasive pattern of restricted or delayed implementation following de jure enfranchisement (e.g., Allen, Wellman, and Nyblade 2019; Palop-García and Pedroza 2019). However, most have left the question of whether limited access is caused by logistical challenges or political calculations unanswered (Hutcheson and Arrighi 2015;Iheduru 2011;Turcu 2018), in part due to a lack of information about implementation details at the electoral level (Hartmann 2015;Jaulin and Smith 2015;Lafleur 2015).…”