Over the past half-century, an increasing number of countries have granted their citizens residing abroad the right to participate in homeland domestic elections through Out-of-Country Voting (OCV). Lebanon is one of these countries. It had its first OCV parliamentary elections in 2018 and has just completed its second OCV in 2022. There is a lot at stake in these elections after three years of socio-political, financial, and security turmoil. Both resident and non-resident Lebanese are hoping for a significant change in the outcome of these elections that would lead to much-needed serious reforms. Political parties and civil societies in the country and abroad believe that non-resident Lebanese, i.e., emigrants, are "as potent voters as their homeland compatriots" and count on them to make a difference in certain competitive districts. Lebanese emigrants who cast their absentee ballots on May 6 and 8, 2022 see these elections as "their only chance to voice disapproval of the ruling establishment which has destroyed their homeland." However, emigrants alone, whose number is estimated at 1,864,900 in 2019 (27% of the total population), of whom 225,624 registered and ended up on the voters’ list for the 2022 elections, cannot achieve democratic governance, especially in a country that suffers from a democratic deficit like Lebanon does at this stage. Lebanese residents have a considerable responsibility, along with the organizations and movements with which they engage, to attain this goal.