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Implement Votes for Life legislation before EU referendum

Submitted on Wednesday 28th October 2015

Published on Thursday 29th October 2015

Current status: Closed

Closed: Friday 29th April 2016

Signatures: 4,067

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British ~ British citizens ~ Citizens ~ EU ~ EU Referendum ~ Referendum ~ The Queen ~ UK ~ UK citizens

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Implement Votes for Life legislation before EU referendum

Petition Details

UK Citizens living abroad are directly affected by the EU Referendum.

There's an arbitrary 15yr limit on UK Expatriates voting in UK elections/referenda. The Government's "Votes for Life" acknowledges this. But, they will not implement it until after the referendum.

This is not democratic.

Additional Information

The government proposed legislation in the Queen's Speech to remove this arbitrary limit - see pages 96 & 97 in the briefing pack on the Queen's Speech:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/430149/QS_lobby_pack_FINAL_NEW_2.pdf

with objective of:
"End the disenfranchisement after an arbitrary 15 years of British citizens living abroad"

Cross party report from 20th March 2014:
http://www.hansardsociety.org.uk/our-forgotten-voters-british-citizens-abroad/


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