Morocco is overhauling how its citizens abroad cast a proxy vote. The Kingdom’s Consulate General in Istanbul announced on Thursday, August 6, 2026, the rollout of a new digital platform called « E-procuration, » designed to let Moroccans living outside the country designate a proxy voter ahead of the legislative elections scheduled for September 23, 2026.
The initiative follows recent amendments to Morocco’s national electoral code. According to the diplomatic mission, the Interior Ministry developed the new system in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Abroad. The goal is straightforward: replace a largely paper-based procedure with an entirely digital one, making it easier for expatriates to exercise their voting rights without traveling home.
The platform is set to open to the public on August 24, 2026, through two official portals, www.listeselectorales.ma and www.elections.ma. Moroccan citizens abroad who are already registered on electoral rolls will be able to appoint a proxy without restriction to their home municipality, province or prefecture. The only requirement is that the designated proxy must themselves be registered on an electoral list inside Morocco. Officials also stressed that a single proxy voter cannot represent more than one expatriate elector.
Completing the procedure involves several steps. Voters must first log onto the platform and enter their personal details, including full name, national ID number, registration number, and their electoral district or municipality of registration. They then provide the same information for their chosen proxy, followed by a verification stage to confirm the accuracy of both sets of data. Once the proxy document is generated, the voter must download it and send it, by email or regular mail, to the proxy, who will present it at the polling station on election day.
How the proxy actually votes depends on whether they share the same polling station as the person they represent. If they do, the proxy first casts their own ballot, then votes again on behalf of the absent elector after presenting the procuration document and their national ID card. If they are registered at a different polling station, their only task is to present those same two documents to vote in the absentee elector’s name.
The measure reflects Rabat’s broader push to boost participation among the Moroccan diaspora, a community numbering several million, in the Kingdom’s upcoming legislative vote.
