The voter registration process for the postal vote expires tonight at 23:59 Greek time.
By 16:30 on Holy Monday, a total of 188,511 Greeks from 127 different countries had registered. 141,637 (percentage 75.1%) are residents within the territory, while 46,874 (percentage 24.9%) Greeks abroad.
Of the Greeks abroad, 39,608 registrations come from Europe (84.5%), 477 (10.2%) from North and Central America, 979 (2.1%) from Asia, 453 (1%) from Africa, 226 (0.5%) from South America and 832 (1.8%) from Oceania.
The number of registered expatriate voters is significantly higher than in the 2023 general election, for which nearly 23,000 were registered to vote in person, with around 18,000 going to the polls in May and 15,600 in June.
It is recalled that registrations are made through the application epistoliki.ypes.gov.gr, which is accessible through gov.gr and the websites of the ministries of interior and foreign affairs.
In order not to be surprised, foreign residents should take into account the time difference between their place of residence and their country of origin. For example, those living in Los Angeles and Vancouver the deadline ends one minute before 2:00 p.m. local time, in New York and Toronto at 5:00 p.m., in Britain at 10:00 p.m., in central Europe (France, Germany, Austria, Spain etc) at 23:00, in Beijing at 05:00 on Tuesday and two hours later in Australia.
Voters who face difficulties in using a computer can contact a Citizen Service Center (CSC) or the competent Greek Consular Authority in order to be registered in the special electoral lists for postal voting.
Any questions can be answered in the fields “more information” or “report a problem” on the platform, by calling +30 210 626 6222 24 hours a day or by contacting a local KEP and for those residing abroad with the relevant Greek Consular Authority.
Voters within Greece enter the platform exclusively through taxisnet using their personal codes. Greeks who live abroad and do not have taxisnet codes, it is possible to complete the certification with the combined use of data from the Greek passport and the Greek police identity card (as long as both are valid) or the passport and the tax registration number.
The electoral file will be sent by the Ministry of Interior via courier in May. The receipt must be done either by the voter himself or by a third party who is expressly authorized to receive it, with a genuine signature visa via gov.gr or by a public authority.
The voter is informed by e-mail that the file has been sent and by an e-link to follow its progress (tracking).
The file will include the postal vote return file, the ballot paper that will be uniform for all parties, the voting file that will be anonymous, an instruction form, the list of candidates and an application – responsible declaration that must be completed.
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