For six weeks from early April, Kosovo is to hold the second population census since the 1998-99 war, with warnings of penalties for non-participation.
After staying away in 2020, due to the pandemic, Kosovars living and working abroad arrived home to see family and friends in record numbers in July – a trend that shows every sign of continuing in August.
The Central Election Commission’s decision to verify postal voters through a single phone call is a blatant attempt to suppress the diaspora vote, but we don’t have to take it lying down.
Following the deadline for voter registration on September 10, the Central Election Commission announced a record number of voters from Kosovo’s diaspora have registered to vote in the October 6 parliamentary election.
Voting possibilities for diaspora members can be a driver for democratic development in Kosovo.
