Cabinet supports postal voting for Czechs abroad

A parliamentary proposal to allow Czech citizens abroad to vote by post in elections has received the support of the government, one of the government's five coalition partners, the Pirate Party, said in a press release. The government discussed the proposal at their first cabinet meeting of 2024 on Wednesday. Czechs abroad could vote by post for the first time in the 2025 parliamentary elections to the lower house, and then utilise the option in presidential, parliamentary and European elections from 2026.

The opposition is against the introduction of postal voting, saying it represents a possible threat to democracy and goes against the constitutional rule guaranteeing that ballots are secret.