Slovak diaspora organizations urge preservation of postal voting rights

Slovak diaspora organizations in the United States and Canada have called for the preservation of postal voting rights as lawmakers from the ruling Smer-SD party submitted amendments to electoral law in Slovakia's National Council. The proposed changes to the conditions for exercising voting rights have prompted concerns from expatriate Slovak communities who rely on postal ballots to participate in their homeland's elections. Smer-SD, the social-democratic party that leads Slovakia's governing coalition, introduced the legislative proposal that could potentially restrict current voting procedures for Slovaks living abroad.