GENERAL DOCUMENTS:
 

1. External Voting:  Legal Framework and Overview of Electoral Legislation
   [by Nohlen & Grotz, 2000]  (30 pages)
   http://www.ejournal.unam.mx/bmd/bolmex099/BMD09904.pdf    (non-printable)
   http://www.juridicas.unam.mx/publica/rev/boletin/cont/99/art/art4.htm#N7    (printable)
    
2. Voting From Abroad - Oversesa Vote Foundation  [includes a summary (an Excel file of 3 tables) of Diaspora voting in various countries]
   https://www.overseasvotefoundation.org/files/Diaspora_Voting_by_Countries_of_the_World.xls
    
3. Voting from Abroad:  The International IDEA Handbook  [273 pages]

    

   http://www.idea.int/publications/voting_from_abroad/upload/Voting_from_abroad.pdf
    

4. Election Resources on the Internet  http://www.electionresources.org/

1. Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Nigeria - http://www.inecnigeria.org 
    
2. House Committee on the Diaspora -  http://diasporacommittee.com/
    
3. 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria -  http://www.nigeria-law.org/ConstitutionOfTheFederalRepublicOfNigeria.htm
    
4. 2006 Electoral Law of the Federal Republic of Nigeria - http://www.dawodu.com/electoralact2006.htm
    
5. 2001 Absentee Balloting (Regulations, Procedure, Etc.) Nigerian Senate Bill SB122  (Abandoned in 2001)http://www.nderg.org/documents/SB_122A_Bill_for_an_Act_to_provide_for_Absentee_Ballot.pdf
        
6. Uwais' Electoral Reform Act 2009 Main Report :  http://www.nderg.org/documents/ERC_MAIN_REPORT.pdf        
    

1. International IDEA  [Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance - http://www.idea.int/
    

1. Overseas Vote Foundation - https://www.overseasvotefoundation.org/overseas/home.htm
    
2. Federal Voting Assistance Program for Overseas Citizens (USA) http://www.fvap.gov/overseas-citizens/index.html
    
3. The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act [UOCAVA 1986, with amendments]
   
   The Department of Justice:  http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/voting/misc/activ_uoc.php
    
   Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniformed_and_Overseas_Citizens_Absentee_Voting_Act
    
   and the text of the Act itself will also be found in:
                     http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Uniformed_and_Overseas_Citizens_Absentee_Voting_Act
    

The UK:
 

1. The franchise for British citizens living overseas was first introduced by the Representation of the People Act 1985.
   
    http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/acts/representation-of-the-people-act-1985  
   
   with some brief discussions in Parliament here:
    
    http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1990/jul/13/uk-citizens-abroad-voting-arrangements
    

1. Wilson Center: Mexico Institution Mexico Elections 2006
   http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=5949&fuseaction=topics.item&news_id=143858
    
2. Pew Hispanic Center Survey of Mexicans Living in the U.S. on Absentee Voting in Mexican Elections 
   http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=60
    

1. Chicago Consulate information on voting abroad  http://southafricachicago.com/?p=117 
    
2. South Africa Election Commission  http://www.elections.org.za/