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Only Westminster can change the statutory rules concerning the democratic franchise
In an interesting parallel with the legal position concerning the current 15-year-law which removes the national right to vote for British citizens after 15 years abroad, the law report below from The Times of December 30, 2014 describes why the statutory … Continue reading
Posted in 100000 Overseas Voters, All EU Brits Need Voice, Anomaly of Voteless Expat Brits in EU, Benefits of Internet Voting, Bojo Urges Expats to Vote, E-Voting in UK, Electoral Commission, European Court of Human Rights, Voting Rights, Westminster can change democratic franchise
Tagged 15-year-rule, British expatriates, EU Referendum, national voting rights, voter registration
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E-Voting would be good news for British expats!
This article “Could e-voting be on its way in the Uk?” would also be good news for British expats if implemented: “Campaigners for electronic or e-voting say “digital democracy” is on the way in the UK. Although next year’s general election … Continue reading
Boris Johnson Urges British Expats to Register to Vote!
London Mayor Boris Johnson in Singapore urging British expatriates to register to vote on http://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote . (With thanks to Colin Blackwell for the photograph.) With only an estimated 1% of British expatriates actually registered to vote ( 20,000 – 30,000 … Continue reading
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Tagged 15-year-rule, 2015 General Election, Boris Johnson, British expatriates, Individual Electoral Registration
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Registration of British Citizens Abroad – House of Lords Briefing, 26th November, 2014
Find out more in the briefing paper below for today’s debate in the House of Lords on increasing registration of British citizens living abroad. “During the Electoral Commission’s campaign for overseas voters before the UK parliamentary elections in 2010, just over … Continue reading
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Tagged 15-year-rule, 2015 General Election, British expatriates, Low voter Turnout, voter registration
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Lesson from Younger Generation in Votes for Brits Abroad?
The younger generation of British citizens has traditionally a much lower turnout rate in national elections compared with the older generation and the major parties need to find new ways e.g. via social networks, of engaging them more fully in … Continue reading
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Tagged 15-year-rule, British expatriates, national voting rights, Younger Generation
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UK has 7% of its Brits Abroad – Why disenfranchise them?
The Mail Online article below reveals that the UK has the 8th highest expat rate in the world with 7% (4.5 million) of the British population living abroad and the top three destinations Australia (1.2 million), the US (700,000) and … Continue reading
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Tagged 15-year-rule, 2015 General Election, British expatriates, national voting rights
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Wasted opportunity from 5 million Britons Abroad
This article below in The Economist doesn’t adhere to some popular prejudices about Britons abroad : “Some 5m Britons live abroad. The country could do far more to exploit its high-flying expats.” The Economist, August 9th 2014: The British diaspora … Continue reading
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Tagged 15-year-rule, 2015 General Election, British expatriates, national voting rights
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British Overseas Voters Difficult for Electoral Commission to Target
The Electoral Commission’s campaign (read The Telegraph press article here) to persuade British expats to vote in the European and local elections fell well short of its target. However, according to the Electoral Commission’s own Overseas evaluation May 2014 report, it … Continue reading
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Tagged 15-year-rule, 2015 General Election, British expatriates, Electoral Commission, voter registration
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More British expatriates should vote
There are many reasons why relatively few British expatriates ( some 20,000 – 30,000 out of an estimated 2 – 3 million still qualified) have registered as overseas voters in the past. These include a sense of detachment from the … Continue reading
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Tagged 15-year-rule, British expatriates, EU Referendum, voter registration
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British Expatriates Difficult to Target
Page 8 of this Report by the Electoral Commission on the May 2014 European & Local Elections in England and Northern Ireland , shows that British expatriates are a particularly difficult audience to target. Shouldn’t you as a British citizen … Continue reading
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Tagged 15-year-rule, British expatriates, Electoral Commission, European Elections
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