Voting
All the news and practical information around voting rights in Denmark.
Denmark to consider expanded voting rights for Danes abroad
Denmark could allow Danish citizens who live abroad long-term to vote in the country’s parliamentary elections, in what would be a significant change from current restrictions.
What Trump's voting executive order means for Americans in Europe
US President Donald Trump signed his latest executive order on Tuesday, which aims to tighten requirements to register to vote. Here's how it affects the voting rights of Americans in Europe.
How Americans in Europe can vote in the US primary elections
As primary elections hot up across the United States, here's everything Americans in Europe need to know about voting from overseas.
UK opens voter registration for Brits in Europe as 15-year rule finally ends
The UK has changed its rules on overseas voting, meaning that thousands of Brits living in Europe will be eligible to vote in the next general election - and voter registration opens on Tuesday.
When can foreigners in Denmark vote in elections and run for office?
In Denmark’s upcoming referendum on its EU defence opt-out, only Danish citizens will be able to vote. But foreigners who live in Denmark can vote – and sometimes even stand themselves – in other elections.
'Mixed feelings': British citizens in Europe finally get right to vote for life
British citizens living abroad will no longer lose their right to vote in UK elections if they have been abroad for over 15 years, after a long-term government pledge finally became law. Here's what we know about the new rules.
Danish government to give voting rights to people with learning disabilities
The government wants to change laws relating to guardianship to give people with forms of learning disability or serious health issues the right to vote in general elections.
Britain to allow ALL citizens living abroad the right to vote
The British government said on Friday it will scrap the 15-year rule that had barred many British voters living abroad from casting a ballot in general elections back home.
5 practical things Brits abroad can do to keep UK in the EU
If you're a pro-EU Brit living abroad, there's plenty you can do to keen Britain 'in', explains Laura Shields from the Brits Abroad: Yes to Europe initiative.
Denmark's elections are the ‘best in the world’
Denmark has come out on top of the pile in a new report ranking the standard of elections held worldwide between 2012 and 2015.