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Diaspora Voting to be Explored
Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, says the Government is to examine the best practices of certain countries, with a view to having Jamaicans living in the Diaspora being allowed to vote. Countries such as India, Mexico, France, Israel and Ireland have already implemented the framework to facilitate external voting for members of their Diaspora, thereby giving them a stronger voice in the affairs of their nation. The Minister, who was speaking on day one of the two-day 2nd Biennial Advancement in Education Summit, at Jamaica College, on Old Hope Road, in Kingston, on March 23, said the process to achieve Diaspora voting has already begun. “I have instructed that our Missions in selected countries obtain, as a matter of urgency, all information pertinent to overseas voting for members of their Diaspora,” she said.