Emigrant inclusion in home country elections: Theory and evidence from sub-Saharan Africa

EI Wellman - American Political Science Review, 2021 - cambridge.org
Since 1990, nearly 100 countries extended voting rights to citizens living abroad, including
32 in sub-Saharan Africa. However, the actual ability for emigrants to vote in subsequent …

Missing links in migrant enfranchisement studies

S Umpierrez de Reguero, V Finn… - Journal of Ethnic and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
We identify four main strands of the migrant enfranchisement literature since 2010 and
outline its main (debated) concepts. We pinpoint missing links among the strands, such as a …

Reject, Reject, Reject... Passed! Explaining a Latecomer of Emigrant Enfranchisement

V Finn, JP Ramaciotti - Politics and Governance, 2024 - cogitatiopress.com
Despite the extensive spread of external voting across the world, exceptions remain as
some countries have not passed such regulations (eg, Uruguay) or have passed them but …

Political regimes and external voting rights: A cross-national comparison

SA Umpierrez de Reguero… - Frontiers in political …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In this article, we analyze the nexus between political regimes and external voting rights.
Using a global longitudinal dataset, we report that higher levels of inclusion and contestation …

Should we go abroad? The strategic entry of Ecuadorian political parties in overseas electoral districts

S Umpierrez de Reguero, R Dandoy - Representation, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The literature on external voting overlooks why some political parties campaign abroad
while others remain focused on the national territory. This article investigates the …

Electoral (non) alignment between resident and non-resident voters: evidence from Spain

D Vintila, C Pamies, M Paradés - European Political Science, 2023 - Springer
Over the past decades, diasporas' engagement in homeland elections has become a highly
salient issue, especially given the widespread implementation of enfranchisement policies …

Why do non‐resident citizens get elected? Candidates' electoral success in Ecuadorian extraterritorial districts

S Umpierrez de Reguero, P Navia - Politics and Governance, 2024 - ssoar.info
To the growing literature on non-resident citizens' special representation, we contribute with
a systematic examination of the role of descriptive representation of citizens living abroad in …

Enacted but neither regulated nor applied: exploring emigrant enfranchisement in deviant cases

S Umpierrez de Reguero - Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Some states that enacted external voting rights decades ago have still not regulated or
applied these rights, leaving emigrants unable to participate in elections. Searching for why …

Explaining support for populists among external voters: between home and host country

SU de Reguero, ML Jakobson - European Political Science, 2023 - Springer
Contributing to the emerging debate on non-resident citizens' electoral preferences, this
article addresses how migratory contexts affect their propensity to vote for populists …

Emigrant external voting in Central-Eastern Europe after EU enlargement

K Szulecki, M Kotnarowski, B Stanley - Electoral Studies, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The European Union's Eastern Enlargement of 2004–2007 triggered a large wave
of migration. While the influence of Central-Eastern European (CEE) migrants on Western …