# diaspora vote (abroad)

A collective self that makes its boundary wider to members living outside its land, reading them as among those who choose its government.

- Computed level: L18 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: published  ·  Domain: agency

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [collective self](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-collective-self.shared), [boundary](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-boundary.limit), [choose](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-choose.decision), [government](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-government.administrative), [in-group](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-in-group.inside), [make](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-make.verb), [wide](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-wide.spatial), [member](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-member.social), [live](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-live.biological), [outside](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-outside.spatial), [land](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-land.geography), [read](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-read.information)

**Through:** The boundary of who chooses government is drawn by membership and not by place, so the group's edge runs past the edge of its land.

**Novel properties:**
- a boundary wider than the land it governs
- choosing without living under what is chosen

## Examples
- Since 2006, Italians living abroad have elected members of the Italian parliament through overseas constituencies. *(politics)*

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-diaspora-vote.abroad*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-diaspora-vote.abroad.json*  
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