Submitted on Sunday 26th June 2016
Rejected on Wednesday 13th July 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Allow voting in national elections for all British citizens living abroad
Currently, British citizens, living outside the UK for more than 15 years, cannot register and therefore vote in UK national elections. They often cannot take part in the national election of their country of residence as a British citizen and have no role in the (international) democratic process.
The rule that a British citizen, living outside the UK for more than 15 years, cannot take part in national elections, amounts to an unjustified and arbitrary disenfranchisement and is thus undemocratic. A holder of a British passport has, regardless of the number of years living outside the UK, nevertheless, an interest in the government of the UK and should be able to express this interest by being able to take part in national elections.
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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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