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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1993-109/article-8",
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  "legislation": "eudr/1993/109",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive 93/109/EC of 6 December 1993 laying down detailed arrangements for the exercise of the right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament for citizens of the Union residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1993-109",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. A Community voter exercises his right to vote in the Member State of residence if he has expressed the wish to do so.\n2. If voting is compulsory in the Member State of residence, Community voters who have expressed the wish to do so shall be obliged to vote.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1993/109/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:16.789330+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}