The Secretary of State for Internal Administration announced that emigrants will vote for the first time through the electronic vote in the forthcoming elections of the Council of Portuguese Communities, during the hearing in the OE2027 discussion.
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30/10/2026
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Oemigrants will vote for the first time through the electronic vote in the forthcoming elections of the Council of the Portuguese Communities (CCP), said the Secretary of State for the Internal Administration today.
“ We are working to have a pilot project in the election of the Council of Portuguese Communities, which will allow for the first time the electronic vote to our fellow citizens who live abroad”, Telmo Correia advanced during the hearing in the discussion on the speciality of the proposal of the State Budget Government for 2027 (OE2027).
In response to the deputy of PS Pedro Delgado Alves, the Secretary of State explained that this is a pilot project and a joint work of the ministries of Foreign Affairs, State Reform and Internal Administration.
According to Telmo Correia, this experimental project with Portuguese migrants will serve to “measure the risks” and the result.
“This is the first time we’re going to have our fellow citizens abroad with the possibility of electronic voting,” he said, adding that it can be replicated in future elections, “ thus ensuring greater participation of all Portuguese communities.”.
The elections of the Council of Portuguese Communities are scheduled for February 2027.