Internet voting from abroad: exploring turnout in the 2014 French consular elections

Dandoy, Régis; Kernalegenn, Tudi

doi:10.1057/s41253-021-00148-8

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“…As stated in the previous section, we employ non-resident citizens' voter turnout as the total number of votes divided by the total number of registered voters. As many electoral systems with compulsory voting have a considerable share of spoiled votes (>10%), we include a twofold operationalization to disaggregate emitted from valid votes (following Dandoy & Kernalegenn, 2021) to examine the impact of compulsory voting on non-resident citizens' voter turnout (see Models 1-4). Correspondingly, we create two different, albeit related, measurements: the first comprises the total number of valid votes as the numerator of non-resident citizens' voter turnout, while the second considers the total number of emitted votes as the numerator to estimate how many registered voters eventually voted.…”

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Compulsory Voting and Electoral Participation of Latin American Migrants in Belgium, Luxemburg and the Netherlands

Reguero¹,

Dandoy²

2022

Politics of the Low Countries

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An increasing number of countries have granted electoral rights to their citizens living abroad. An understanding of the different dimensions of the electoral behaviour of migrants and the institutional characteristics of their countries of origin and residence is crucial for their political integration and (re-)socialization. Based on an aggregate-level design, this article evaluates the impact of compulsory voting on non-resident citizens' voter turnout taking into account both origin and residence country contexts, providing insights into the dual context of political transnationalism. It explores the participation of Latin American migrants residingin Belgium, Luxemburg and the Netherlands in all their national and supranational elections since 2005, creating singular electoral environments where the voting obligation varies in the countries of origin and residence. The article finds that compulsory voting has a positive impact on non-resident citizens' voter turnout and suggests trends of analysis of prospective electoral behaviour in a dual institutional context.

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Compulsory Voting and Electoral Participation of Latin American Migrants in Belgium, Luxemburg and the Netherlands

Reguero¹,

Dandoy²

2022

Politics of the Low Countries

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“…Still at the macro level, historical linkages and proximity between the home and the host country, for instance in the form of post-colonial ties, increase turnout (Chaudhary, 2018;Ciornei & Østergaard-Nielsen, 2020). Geographical proximity and socio-economic factors also matter: emigration density and population stability, phone access in the host country and high levels of remittances increase turnout (Burgess, 2014;Ciornei & Østergaard-Nielsen, 2020;Dandoy & Kernalegenn, 2021). Finally, higher levels of competitiveness and turnout in homeland elections are associated with higher turnout among emigrants ( Chaudhary, 2018;Dandoy & Kernalegenn, 2021), but not always (Belchior et al, 2018).…”

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“…Geographical proximity and socio-economic factors also matter: emigration density and population stability, phone access in the host country and high levels of remittances increase turnout (Burgess, 2014;Ciornei & Østergaard-Nielsen, 2020;Dandoy & Kernalegenn, 2021). Finally, higher levels of competitiveness and turnout in homeland elections are associated with higher turnout among emigrants ( Chaudhary, 2018;Dandoy & Kernalegenn, 2021), but not always (Belchior et al, 2018). At the individual level, studies have emphasized that emigrants with higher levels of resources (age, gender, education) have a higher probability to vote in homeland elections, very much like national residents (Burgess, 2014;Guarnizo et al, 2019;McIlwaine & Bermudez, 2015;Mügge et al, 2019).…”

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Political Parties Abroad. A New Arena for Electoral Politics

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Kernalegenn²

2023

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This Special Issue contributes to the growing literature on parties abroad. Expansive citizenship has transformed and reinforced the civic and political links between emigrants and their home country. Political parties face the dilemma of engaging or not in this new arena for electoral politics and must consider how. However, until recently the literature on transnationalism and on party politics has surprisingly largely overlooked this issue. This introduction identifies the existing gaps in the literature, and stresses two main questions that remains largely unanswered, namely (1) why and how parties decide to campaign abroad, and(2) how voters abroad are receptive to these campaigns and operate their party choice in this specific context. The five articles offer a mix of case studies and comparative perspective, and quantitative and qualitative analyses. This case selection allows to explore the diversity of strategies adopted by political parties abroad in different settings, with different tools. The results illustrate the impact of local party branches and entrepreneurs' outreach and local campaigns on mobilisation, turnout, and the result of elections, but also show that emigrants' vote choice is influenced both by the context of their country of origin and of their country of residence.

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“…The case of French citizens abroad, to take another example, suggests that different factors matter but depended on the voting modality voters chose to adopt. In the study by Dandoy and Kernalegenn (2021), ballot box voter turnout was affected by the characteristics of electoral districts (e.g. community size, proximity to France geographically and historically, party competition, etc.…”

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To vote or not to vote in the homeland elections? Insights into voting abstention in Italy's constituency abroad

Battiston,

Luconi,

Valbruzzi

2023

Mod. Italy

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Since its introduction in the early 2000s, legislation relating to the voting rights of Italians abroad has enabled millions of residents of voting age outside of Italy to engage in homeland elections and elect their own MPs. The inclusion of Italian citizens abroad in the Italian polity has nevertheless translated into a patchy electoral engagement. This article does not intend to provide an analysis of the voting choices in Italy's overseas constituency. Instead, it delves into external vote dynamics to provide insights into overseas Italians’ abstention in parliamentary elections and referenda. After summarising the history of the introduction of Italy's peculiar model of external voting, drawing on the results of an online survey of Italians abroad, the article examines the factors influencing turnout, with specific attention to the eligible voters’ personal characteristics. It also focuses on the attitude of Italians abroad towards possible reforms aiming at increasing electoral participation. It concludes that country of birth and Italian language skills are among the most relevant variables not only to assess what fosters or inhibits external voting, but also to gauge the opinion of voters residing outside Italy about proposals to reform the procedures regulating the exercise of suffrage from abroad.

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Internet voting from abroad: exploring turnout in the 2014 French consular elections

Cited by 14 publications

References 38 publications

Compulsory Voting and Electoral Participation of Latin American Migrants in Belgium, Luxemburg and the Netherlands

Compulsory Voting and Electoral Participation of Latin American Migrants in Belgium, Luxemburg and the Netherlands

Political Parties Abroad. A New Arena for Electoral Politics

To vote or not to vote in the homeland elections? Insights into voting abstention in Italy's constituency abroad

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