Submitted on Friday 24th June 2016
Rejected on Monday 4th July 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Give the right to vote for ALL British passport holders worldwide
Many of the 2.2 million expats living in the EU and countless others living elsewhere in the world were barred from voting on the 23/6/2016 just because they had been away from the United Kingdom.
The overturning of the UN-democratic 15 year rule was part of the present governments manifesto, and despite high court action taken, the will of the overseas expat communities were pushed to one side
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
The Government has said that it does have plans to change this rule. It's therefore not clear what action you would like the Government to take that is different from what it is already doing.
You can find more information in the Government's response to this petition:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/112142
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