Correspondence voting is common in developed countries(I vote myself, as a Swiss citizen, several times a year, I do not have to register, I receive the documents automatically by post and send them by post). In the Czech Republic, politicians are afraid of not being able to manipulate voters abroad. That's also why they won't adopt proven laws from abroad on the postal vote and make it yet another pasquil. Compatriots abroad are not as easily manipulated by the media as most voters in the Czech Republic. We are rightly one of the least media-savvy countries in the EU. It is enough to appeal to instincts, emotions, to arouse hatred, common sense is neglected - and the voter often votes against himself.
By the way, foreign Swiss see Switzerland as their fifth canton, which they value and the country benefits from. For Czech politicians, it is as if foreign Czechs are enemies. Some prefer to serve the country, others prefer to serve themselves, threatened by nothing and no one...
To quote from the article: It will be a postal vote. A small step into the 21st century - To hold elections in a modern and democratic way, including those who are far from the polls, is an infinitely higher concern.JŠ
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