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2011 amendment to the Constitution made out of country voting available for Paraguayans living abroad. 21,982 Paraguayans were registered abroad to be eligible to vote in the General Election of 2013.
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Constitution 1992 (amended in 2011)

ARTICLE 120. OF THE ELECTORS

Paraguayan citizens, without distinction, that have turned eighteen years old are electors.

The Paraguayans residing abroad are electors. The citizens are electors and eligible, with no other restrictions than that established in this Constitution and in the law.

The foreigners with definitive residence [radicación] will have the same rights in the municipal elections.

 

EMB report on 2013 elections

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