With EU member states heading to the polls, here's how the elections differ from country to country.
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00:00 Hundreds of thousands of Portuguese voters voted early for the European elections.
00:05 Portugal allowed every citizen, not just the traditional early voters made up of the likes
00:09 of sick people and those abroad, to vote early.
00:13 Voting day is officially June 9th, but Portugal let voters exercise their right to vote a
00:18 week early.
00:19 We are happy because Portugal is also in the European Union.
00:22 We are in Europe, we are here, we have to be well represented.
00:30 We have to vote because it is not only here that we are represented, but also in Europe.
00:42 In 2019, Portugal had the worst abstention rate when it came to the European elections.
00:48 Almost 70% of people failed to vote, the worst rate since they joined the European Union
00:53 in 1986.
00:55 This year, Portuguese lawmakers aim to reverse the trend.
00:58 [SWOOSH]