Submitted on Thursday 12th September 2019
Rejected on Friday 13th September 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Give all British citizens living abroad the right to vote
About 1 million British citizens living abroad do not have the right to vote due to their overseas residency exceeding 15 years. The Government is committed to remove the 15 year restriction before 2022 however many British Citizens abroad wouldn't be able to vote in an early election or referendum.
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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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