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Where and how to vote?
Primary method: Voters in Slovakia have to vote in person at a specific polling station based on their home address. The municipality of voters’ permanent residence in Slovakia will notify them of the date and time of elections, the number of their polling district and the address of the polling station, together with the information about the voting procedure itself.
Alternative methods: If voters are not able to vote at the polling district at which they are registered, they can ask the municipal office for a polling card that will enable them to vote in any polling district within Slovakia. It is not possible to vote online, by mail or by proxy.
Polling day requirements: Voters are obliged to prove their identity upon arrival in the polling station by submitting a valid identity card or residence card of a citizen of the European Union. If a voting card has been issued to the voter, they will submit it together with an ID card or a residence card.
Who can vote?
General. An individual must meet the following requirements to vote in EP elections in Slovakia:
- hold Slovak citizenship or be a citizen of another EU Member State;
- be at least 18 years of age on the day of the elections; and
- not be excluded from voting for any reason.
Mobile EU citizens. EU citizens must have been resident in Slovakia for at least three months in order to vote there.
Registration requirements.
Nationals. Voters are automatically registered by the authorities.
Slovakia does not give its nationals living abroad the possibility of voting in EP elections from abroad. However Slovak nationals who do not reside in the territory of the Slovak Republic or in another EU Member State may return to Slovakia to take part in the vote. In this case they will need to submit a travel document and a declaration of permanent residence abroad.
Mobile EU citizens. Voters from another EU Member State need to apply for registration on the electoral roll at least 40 days before the election day. The application for registration should be submitted in person at the competent Foreign Police Department based on their residential address.
Exclusions
Slovakian nationals who have been deprived of their voting rights and mobile EU citizens who have been deprived of their voting rights in Slovakia or in their home Member State cannot vote in EP elections in Slovakia.