Referendum on Foreigners' Voting Rights Raises Broader Questions
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Are you still undecided before Sunday's referendum, perhaps because you are not yet familiar with the subject matter of the referendum questions that will be decided on Sunday, October 11? Below we will help you make a simpler decision in a simple way. Political police, the urgently needed RTV Slovenia, constitutionally guaranteed voting rights of foreigners from third countries, exploitation of the socially weak, all of this can come from the m…
Before the people's decision: The opposition is convinced that this is an attempt to obscure a more important issue regarding the parliamentary investigation law.
The amendment to the Local Elections Act deprived foreigners from so-called third countries of the right to vote in local elections, which they had had since 2002. In the 2022 local elections, however, their votes represented less than one percent of all ballots cast.
On Sunday, a consultative referendum will decide, among other things, whether third-country nationals with permanent residence in Slovenia should also have the right to vote in local elections. The controversial referendum comes after a controversial change to the law, and citizens' decision-making is taking place in light of two initiatives for the assessment of constitutionality by the Constitutional Court.
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