Electronic voting for Portuguese communities outside the country “is part of the Government’s programme,” said Augusto Santos Silva on Tuesday, who welcomed the initiative of the citizens in the “We are Also Portuguese” petition, which was delivered to parliament on Monday.

The Minister said the Government was working “on concrete solutions” and noted that the different parliamentary parties were “preparing their own proposals.”

Currently, Portuguese citizens living outside the country have to travel to the consulate in their area to register to vote.

Voting in presidential and European election has to be done in person at the consulates and for general elections expatriates can vote by mail.