Brussels residents to vote electronically on May 25

The elections on 25 May will see electronic voting machines installed in 209 of the 589 municipalities across Belgium. The remaining 380 municipalities will use the traditional method involving a paper list of candidates and a pen to mark preferences.

More than half of voters will use electronic voting machines. Some 58% of Flemish voters will have access to computer-based voting; everyone in Brussels will vote electronically. 

More than eight million people are expected to vote on election day, including almost 129,000 Belgians registered abroad and 68,771 EU citizens resident here. Voting is compulsory for all Belgians, but EU citizens can opt out. Less than 10% of EU citizens living here are registered to vote.

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