298
Views
12
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Articles

Migrant populations and external voting: the politics of suffrage expansion in Central America

Pages 271-287 | Received 14 May 2019, Accepted 14 May 2019, Published online: 20 Nov 2019

References

  • Acción Ciudadana, Comisión Específica de Asuntos Electorales del Congreso de la República, and the State University of New York. 2005. “Base de Datos de Propuestas de Reformas a la Ley Electoral y de Partidos Políticos.” CD-ROM.
  • Bekaj, Armend, and Lina Antara. 2018. Political Participation of Refugees: Bridging the Gaps. Stockholm, Sweden: International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance.
  • Brand, Laurie. 2014. “The Stakes and Symbolism of Voting from Abroad.” Washington Post Monkey Cage, June 5. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/06/05/the-stakes-and-symbolism-of-voting-from-abroad/.
  • Bravo, Vanessa. 2013. “Communicating External Voting Rights to Diaspora Communities: Challenges and Opportunities in the Cases of El Salvador and Costa Rica.” Revista Internacional de Relaciones Públicas 3 (5): 5–26.
  • CB24. 2015. “Casi un Millón de Guatemaltecos en EE.UU. Podrían Votar en las Siguientes Elecciones.” September 6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB9UY2ldplE.
  • COHA (Council on Hemispheric Affairs). 2013. “The 2014 Presidential Elections in El Salvador and the Transnational Electorate.” http://www.coha.org/the-2014-presidential-elections-in-el-salvador-and-the-transnational-electorate/comment-page-1/.
  • Cohn, D’Vera, Ana Gonzalez-Barrera, and Danielle Cuddington. 2013. “Remittances to Latin America Recover—but Not to Mexico.” Pew Research Center, November 15. http://www.pewhispanic.org/2013/11/14/2-remittance-trends/.
  • Corte de Constitucionalidad. 2014. “Expediente 5352-2013.” July 11.
  • Ellis, Andrew. 2007. “The History and Politics of External Voting.” In International IDEA, Voting from Abroad: The International IDEA Handbook. International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance and the Federal Electoral Institute of Mexico.
  • Erben, Peter, Ben Goldsmith, and Aysha Shujaat. 2012. “Out-of-Country Voting: A Brief Overview.” IFES White Paper, International Foundation for Electoral Systems.
  • Erlingsson, Hafthor, and John P. Tuman. 2017. “External Voting Rights in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Influence of Remittances, Globalization, and Partisan Control.” Latin American Policy 8 (2): 295–312. doi: 10.1111/lamp.12125
  • Escobar, Cristina. 2017. “Migration and Franchise Expansion in Latin America.” GLOBALCIT Observatory / European University Institute.
  • EUEOM (European Union Election Observation Mission). 2009a. “ El Salvador Legislative, Municipal and PARLACEN Elections – 2009, Preliminary Statement.” San Salvador, 20 January.
  • EUEOM (European Union Election Observation Mission). 2009b. El Salvador Final Report, General Elections 2009.
  • Hutcheson, Derek S., and Jean-Thomas Arrighi. 2015. ““Keeping Pandora's (Ballot) box Half-Shut”: a Comparative Inquiry Into the Institutional Limits of External Voting in EU Member States.” Democratization 22 (5): 884–905. doi: 10.1080/13510347.2014.979161
  • Iaconangelo, David. 2014. “El Salvadorans Living Abroad Cast Historic Ballots.” Latin Times, February 6. http://www.latintimes.com/el-salvador-presidential-elections-2014-el-salvadorans-us-cast-historic-vote-after-winning-right.
  • IFES (International Foundation for Electoral Systems). 2014. “Elections in El Salvador: 2014 Presidential Elections: Frequently Asked Questions.” January 29.
  • International IDEA. 2018. “Voting from Abroad Database.” https://www.idea.int/data-tools/data/voting-abroad.
  • ISD (Inciativa Social para la Democracia). 2012. “Propuesta para el Ejercicio del Sufragio en el Exterior.”.
  • ISD (Inciativa Social para la Democracia). 2013. “Ejercicio del Sufragio de Salvadoreños en el Exterior.” May 13. http://www.isd.org.sv/isd/index.php/noticias/489-ejercicio-del-sufragio-de-salvadorenos-en-el-exterior.
  • Keyssar, Alexander. 2009. The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in The United States. New York: Basic Books.
  • Lafleur, Jean-Michel. 2011. “Why Do States Enfranchise Citizens Abroad? Comparative Insights From Mexico, Italy, and Belgium.” Global Networks 11 (4): 481–501. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0374.2011.00332.x
  • Lafleur, Jean-Michel. 2013. Transnational Politics and the State: The External Voting Rights of Diasporas. New York: Routledge.
  • Lafleur, Jean-Michel. 2015. “The Enfranchisement of Citizens Abroad: Variations and Explanations.” Democratization 22 (5): 840–860. doi: 10.1080/13510347.2014.979163
  • Landolt, Patricia. 2003. “El Transnacionalismo Político y el Derecho al Voto en el Exterior: El Salvador y sus Migrantes en Estados Unidos.” In Votar en la Distancia: La Extensión de los Derechos Políticos a Migrantes, Experiencias Comparadas, edited by Leticia Calderón Chelius, 301–323. Mexico City: Instituto Mora.
  • Leal, David L., Lee Byung-Jae, and James A. McCann. 2012. “Transnational Absentee Voting in the 2006 Mexican Presidential Election: The Roots of Participation.” Electoral Studies 31: 540–549. doi: 10.1016/j.electstud.2012.05.001
  • Leblang, David. 2017. “Harnessing the Diaspora: Dual Citizenship, Migrant Return Remittances.” Comparative Political Studies 50 (1): 75–101. doi: 10.1177/0010414015606736
  • Martel, Juan José. 2010. Fundamentos para la Modernización del Sistema Político Electoral Salvadoreño: Una Propuesta desde la Sociedad Civil. San Salvador: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.
  • Meyer, Mareen. 2009. “Presidential Elections in El Salvador: Expectations for Change and the Challenges Ahead.” Washington Office on Latin America, March 12.
  • Misión de Expertos Electorales de la Unión Europea en El Salvador. 2012. “Elecciones Legislativas y Municipales, 11 de Marzo 2012.”.
  • Moronta, Gloria. 2012. “Polémica por el Voto Exterior.” Transparencia Activa, December 20. http://www.transparenciaactiva.gob.sv/polemica-por-el-voto-exterior/.
  • Moronta, Gloria. 2013a. “Insisten en la Pronta Aprobación del Voto en el Exterior.” Transparencia Activa, January 16. http://www.transparenciaactiva.gob.sv/insisten-en-la-pronta-aprobacion-del-voto-en-el-exterior/.
  • Moronta, Gloria. 2013b. “Aprueban 40 Millones de Dólares para Elecciones de 2014.” Transparencia Activa, March 21. http://www.transparenciaactiva.gob.sv/aprueban-40-millones-de-dolares-para-elecciones-de-2014/.
  • Navarro, Carlos. 2007. “El Voto en el Extranjero.” In Tratado de Derecho Electoral Comparado de América Latina, edited by Dieter Nohlen, Daniel Zovatto, Jesús Orozco, and José Thompson, 224–252. Stockholm: FCE, Instituto Interamericano de Derechos Humanos, Universidad de Heidelberg, International IDEA, Tribunal Electoral del Poder Judicial de la Federación, Instituto Federal Electoral.
  • Navarro Fierro, Carlos, Isabel Morales, and Maria Gratschew. 2007. “External Voting: A Comparative Overview.” In International IDEA, Voting from Abroad: The International IDEA Handbook. International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance and the Federal Electoral Institute of Mexico.
  • NDI (National Democratic Institute). 2009. “El Salvador Election Bulletin.” February 19.
  • OAS (Organization of American States). 2009. “Informe de la Misión de Observación Electoral, Elección de Presidente y Vicepresidente del 15 de Marzo de 2009 en la República de El Salvador.” December 7.
  • O’Reilly, Andrew. 2014. “El Salvador Allows Citizens Living Abroad to Vote in Presidential Elections.” Fox News Latino, January 25. http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2013/01/25/el-salvador-allows-citizens-living-abroad-to-vote-in-presidential-elections/.
  • Pallister, Kevin. 2017. Election Administration and the Politics of Voter Access. London and New York: Routledge.
  • Palop-García, Pau, and Luicy Pedroza. 2019. “Passed, Regulated, or Applied? The Different Stages of Emigrant Enfranchisement in Latin America and the Caribbean.” Democratization 26 (3): 401–421. doi: 10.1080/13510347.2018.1534827
  • “Reformas Electorales en 1997 por Diversas Instituciones, Volume 1.” Document #Ley 547, Supreme Electoral Tribunal Documentation Center, Guatemala City.
  • Rhodes, Sybil, and Arus Harutyunyan. 2010. “Extending Citizenship to Emigrants: Democratic Contestation and a New Global Norm.” International Political Science Review 31 (4): 470–493. doi: 10.1177/0192512110374044
  • Ribera, Ricardo. 1997. “Aritmética y Política: Propuestas de Reforma del Sistema Electoral.” Estudios Centroamericanos, no. 579-580 (Jan-Feb.).
  • TSE (Tribunal Supremo Electoral). 2014. “Memoria Especial: Elecciones 2014”.
  • Turcu, Anca, and R. Urbatsch. 2015. “Diffusion of Diaspora Enfranchisement Norms: A Multinational Study.” Comparative Political Studies 48 (4): 407–437. doi: 10.1177/0010414014546331
  • UNDP (United Nations Development Program). 2011. “Voto desde el Exterior: Estudio Técnico de Factibilidad para la Implementación del Voto de los Salvadoreños y las Salvadoreñas Residentes en el Exterior para las Elecciones Presidenciales de 2014”.
  • United Nations Population Fund. n.d. “Migration.” http://www.unfpa.org/migration.
  • Vengroff, Richard. 2007. “Senegal: A Significant External Electorate.” In International IDEA, Voting from Abroad: The International IDEA Handbook. International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance and the Federal Electoral Institute of Mexico.
  • Villalta, Ramón, and Jorge Urbina. 2009. “Sistematización: El Proceso del Voto de los Salvadoreños en el Exterior. Salvadoreños en el Mundo, Iniciativa Social Para La Democracia, and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. http://isd.org.sv/isddocs/participacion-ciudadana-transparencia-municipal/SISTEMATIZACIONVOTOENELEXTERIOR.pdf.
  • Zapata, Patricia. 2003. “El Voto en el Exterior de los Guatemaltecos: Reivindicación de los Migrantes y Promesa Presidencial.” In Votar en la Distancia: La Extensión de los Derechos Políticos a Migrantes, Experiencias Comparadas, edited by Leticia Calderón Chelius, 324–344. Mexico City: Instituto Mora.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.