Voting abroad is a topic which is not sufficiently analysed and covered in the literature, but still it is of great importance in relation to the equality of the right to vote for the citizens of a certain state, regardless where they reside. By possessing the citizenship, each citizen acquires rights and duties toward the state of citizenship, and has guaranteed freedom to exercise these rights and duties, among which is the right to vote. Republic of Macedonia as newly independent state whose political system is based on democratic principles, decided to include the Macedonian migrants (diaspora) into the election process by adopting the Law on Amending the Election Code in 2008, thus joining the group of 115 states in the world which enfranchised the diaspora. In this master’s thesis the subject of analysis is the external voting of the Macedonian diaspora, by emphasizing the five principles of equality, universality, freedom, secrecy and directness of the right to vote of Macedonian citizens who reside abroad. The analysis is conducted by presenting the legal acts and regulations in the area of election policy of Republic of Macedonia, which shows that legally some of the five democratic principles of suffrage are disrupted.
Table of Contents
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Subject of research
1.2 Purpose of the research
1.3 Research questions and methods of research
1.5 Structure of the master thesis
2 EVOLUTION OF THE ELECTION POLICY IN RM: FROM ITS INDEPENDENCE UNTIL TODAY
2.1. Referendum on independence
2.2 Creating the election policy in independent Macedonia
2.2.1 Actors in creating and implementing the election policy
2.3 Macedonian diaspora
3. LEGAL FRAME OF THE ELECTIONS IN RM
3.1 Legal acts in Republic of Macedonia
3.1.1 Constitution of Republic of Macedonia
3.1.2 Electoral code
3.1.3 Other laws
3.2 International acts
4 FIVE DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES AND VOTING OF THE MACEDONIAN DIASPORA
4.1 Universal Suffrage
4.2 EQUAL SUFFRAGE
4.2.1 Equal voting rights and equal voting power
4.2.2 Equal rights for parties and candidates
4.3 Free suffrage
4.4 VOTING OF THE DIASPORA OF CROATIA AND SLOVENIA
4.4.1 CROATIA
4.4.2 SLOVENIA
5 LITERATURE
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