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Nauru
Answer
The initial legal basis for proxy voting appeared in Electoral Act 1965, however the Electoral (Proxy Voting) Regulations was enacted in 2004. Therefore we put the starting year as 2004. It should be noted also that proxy voting was extended to referendums only in 2010 by Referendum Procedures (Proxy Voting) Regulations 2010. Data was updated in August 2022.
Source
Republic of Nauru, Electoral Act, No. 15 of 2016 (including all the amendments as of August 2022), accessed 28 August 2022
4 Application for proxy voting authorisation
(1) A voter who is entitled to vote at a particular election but who will not be in the Republic on the polling day for the election may (in line with Section 78(1) and (5) of the Act) make an application to the Returning Officer for a proxy voting authorisation after the closing of the Roll specified in Section 52(2) of the Act. […]
