Submitted on Thursday 27th June 2019
Rejected on Tuesday 23rd July 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Allow all non-resident citizens to vote in national elections and referendums
UK citizens living abroad lose the vote in national elections and referendums after 15 years. Since these will almost certainly affect non-resident citizens and their families, often in dramatic ways, it would greatly enhance democracy to restore these rights, in line with many western democracies.
Theresa May as PM promised just such a change. It hasn't happened and it's time the promise was kept.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/258710
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