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"In order to avoid disenfranchisement and to facilitate the right to return, IDPs may be allowed to vote in their former places of residence, provided that security, legality and transparency of elections can be assured in accordance with international standards and best practices."
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CoE (Congress of the Council of Europe): Local Voting Rights for the Integration of Migrants and IDPs, p. 22Summaries
- Registration must not be restricted among potential voters based on status as an internally displaced person.
- Voting by internally displaced persons should be facilitated, including by allowing temporary changes of residence and inclusion in voter lists at a place of stay or granting a possibility to return to cast ballots.