Lebanese expatriates: voices in the wilderness Citizens abroad are unable to vote from where they live but that hasn't stopped them from finding ways to be heard By Jim Quilty Daily Star staff Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Even if you avert your eyes from its sectarianism, Lebanon's democracy has a number of eccentricities. For instance, this country, renowned for having more citizens living overseas than within, does not allow expatriates to vote from abroad. Other countries with more sedentary populations - Canada, for example - do.
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