Submitted on Thursday 30th June 2016
Rejected on Monday 11th July 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Make voting effective for UK citizens living or working abroad.
The present voting system for UK expatriates as used for the recent EU referendum, prevented many from voting due to unreasonable time constraints and errors.
THE INDEPENDENT - 25th June 2016
Brexit: Expats denied say in EU referendum due to missing postal votes demand re-run after scandal is revealed
Exclusive: Voters fear thousands of people may have been affected by delays and errors. Link below.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-disenfranchised-expats-denied-eu-referendum-missing-postal-votes-demand-re-run-hundreds-a7103066.html
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
The petition does not specify what action should be taken to address the issue of alleged missing postal votes.
The Government has said that it does have plans to enable expatriates who have lived abroad for more than 15 years to vote in UK elections. It's therefore not clear what action you would like the Government to take that is different from what it is already doing in this respect.
You can find more information in the Government's response to this petition:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/112142
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