Political Scientist Criticizes Government's Plan to End Postal Voting for Slovaks Abroad

Political scientist Žúborová, speaking from Berlin, criticized the Slovak government's plan to eliminate postal voting as a troubling symbol of the administration's intent to disconnect Slovaks living abroad from their homeland. The move would effectively disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of Slovak citizens residing overseas who currently rely on postal ballots to participate in elections. Slovakia's ruling coalition, led by the social-democratic Smer-SD party, has proposed ending the postal voting system that was introduced to enable emigrant Slovaks to vote in national elections. Critics argue this represents a deliberate attempt to reduce the political influence of the diaspora, which has historically voted for opposition parties in higher proportions than domestic voters.