Submitted on Sunday 26th June 2016
Rejected on Monday 4th July 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Give all British citizens living outside of the UK the right to vote.
The law excludes British citizens from voting in national elections and referendums if they have lived outside the UK for more than 15 years. They cannot participate in the choice of policies that effect their lives as British citizens.
The result of the EU Referendum will deprive British people living in the EU of the right to vote in their municipal elections thus totally disenfranchising them. Many British living in non-EU countries already have no vote at all due to their long-term expat status. Sign this petition to request parliament to abolish this law, and to allow British citizens living abroad, in any country, to vote in all UK elections with no restrictions based on the length of time they have lived outside the UK.
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
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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