Elections: Will be away from home on 4 October ? Learn how to vote ….
You will not be in your local area 4 October? There may be solution to not miss the opportunity to exercise their right to vote. Know where you can vote from home and you have to do.
According to the Voter portal, the right to vote must be exercised at the place where he is taxed. If you have changed your address and have not yet updated the Citizen Card, You will have to vote according to the old address, but it is away from home on 4 October may vote in advance in certain cases, know what.
It is a student ???
If you are studying in an institution situated in district, autonomous region or island where different from those entered on the electoral register can apply for early voting until the 20th day before the election (If no upcoming legislative das, to 14 of September).
Para of, must submit to the mayor of the municipality, in whose area is taxed, por carta ou email, the application and the necessary documentation to vote: Copy of the voter's card, if you have, certificate or voter form; Copy of the Citizen Card, Identity card or other identification document, as Driving Licence or Passport; Statement issued by the management of the educational establishment certifying its admission or frequency.
Until the 17th day before the election (17 of September), the mayor sends, by post, the documentation required to exercise the right to vote and returns the documents. Between the 13th and the 10th day (between 21 and 24 of September) may exercise their right to vote in your school.
Although this is the general rule, some municipalities have adopted other procedures. Be sure to contact the relevant authorities for more information.
Está internado num hospital ???
You can do the same, sending a document issued by the offside director of the institution where, the same dates. You can exercise your right to vote in hospital.
It is absent for professional reasons ???
Should go to the president of the council chamber in whose area lies taxed, between the 10th and the 5th day before the election and its desire to vote in advance. Take the usual documents and a document proving impediment to vote 4 October. This can be issued by your manager or employer.
IT IS military, firefighter, Civil protection agent, force agent / internal security service ???
You can do the same, the same dates.
You are abroad ???
If you are outside Portugal between the 12th and the 10th day prior to election (between 22 and 24 of September) to study, for professional reasons, integrated on a humanitarian mission or treatments for disease can vote with the diplomatic representations, consular or external delegations of ministries and Portuguese public institutions previously set by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
You are on vacation ???
Portuguese law does not allow the holiday period as justification for early voting. If you are outside of your area, whether in Portugal or abroad, and can not travel to the polling station for reasons other than those contemplated above, can not benefit from this exception regime.
