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I am a Portuguese citizen and I am registered abroad, how can I choose to vote in person or by post?

You can choose to vote in person or by post with the respective registration commission abroad, until the date of the election. You can change your option at any time, except in the period between the date of the appointment and the date of the election.

I am a Portuguese citizen and I am registered abroad, but I did not exercise the right to choose between voting in person or by post. How do I vote?

Not having exercised the option, he votes by post.

Who can vote in the election for the Assembly of the Republic?

Portuguese citizens over 18 years of age who are registered in the Portuguese electoral register can vote in Portugal or abroad.

I changed my residence address, what should I do to transfer my registration to the voter registration?

It is mandatory to update the residence card on the citizen's card, the transfer of registration in the voter registration being automatically affected. It should be noted that, suspending the voter registration update operations on the 60th day before each election or referendum, only updates resulting from Citizen Cards that have been issued and activated until the closing date of the electoral roll will be contemplated. Transfers resulting from a change of address on the Citizen Card that is issued and activated beyond that date, are only made from the day following the date of the election or referendum (date on which the updating of the voter registration is legally resumed. ) so, in this situation, voters can only vote in the parish of the previous residence. You can obtain information about your polling place, in the fifteen days prior to the election at the Parish Council.

I changed my residence address, but I haven't updated the Citizen Card yet, where do I vote?

The right to vote is exercised at the place where you are registered and which in our case corresponds to your previous address. Only the update of the address on the Citizen Card will automatically transfer your registration in the voter registration to the parish corresponding to the new address. You can obtain this information in the fifteen days prior to the election: - at the Parish Council; - in the City Hall; - through the Internet (https://www.recenseamento.mai.gov.pt); - through the APP MAI Mobile; or - by SMS (write the following msg: RE <space> Civil Identification number without check.digito date of birth YYYYMMDD example: RE 1444880 19531007 and dial 3838), within 15 days prior to election day or referendum;

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