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Category Archives: British expats can help decide
Friday 6 March 2015 Deadline for Overseas Voters (15 Year Rule) Bill
Jane Golding of our Votes for Expat Brits campaign team has prepared the important message below for all friends of the campaign today to make a last push re. the 2nd reading this week of The Overseas Voters (15 Year Rule) Bill. With … Continue reading
Posted in +5 million British Expats Abroad, 100000 Overseas Voters, 2015 Overseas Voters Deadline, British expats can help decide, Cross-Party Expat Support, Electoral Commission, Expat Difference in marginals, Expat Vote in 2015, Main 2015 Election issues, March 6
Tagged 15-year-rule, 2015 General Election, Overseas Voters Bill, voter registration
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Second Reading of Overseas Voters Bill, 23rd January 2015
There’s a significant next step on Friday 23rd January 2015, in our campaign for removal of the 15-year-limit on British overseas voters, with the second reading of the legislation for the Overseas Voters Bill during Upcoming Business in the House … Continue reading
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Tagged 15-year-rule, 2015 General Election, British expatriates, Electoral Commission, voter registration
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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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British Overseas Elector – How to Set Up an Absent Vote
One you’ve registered as an overseas voter on https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote , you will still need to set up an absent vote to be able to vote in the UK Parliamentary elections on 7th May, 2015. Links to the the required application forms … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015 General Election, British expatriates, voter registration
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Four reasons to vote to stay in EU.
This Mirror Online article by journalist Sophie Warnes provides four compelling reasons why we should stay in the European Union (EU). If you are a British expatriate citizen resident within the EU a British exit will certainly impact you, and … Continue reading
Posted in Anomaly of Voteless Expat Brits in EU, British expats can help decide, Brits Abroad: Get your voice heard!, EU's Unsung Success, Expat Vote in 2015, Four reasons to stay in EU, Main 2015 Election issues
Tagged 15-year-rule, 2015 General Election, EU Referendum, voter registration
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Brits Abroad: Get Your Voice heard!
To make sure that you can vote on 7th May, 2015 in the next General Election, you can register on-line to vote now on http://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote. We British expats often feel neglected by our home country. We’re proud to be British, we have … Continue reading
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Tagged 15-year-rule, 2015 General Election, British expatriates, voter registration
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Major 2015 Election Issues Should Concern British Expats?
The negative reactions on this Survive France Network link, give a good indication of the resistance of some British expatriates at least in France to registering to vote in UK national elections , even though it is now possible to conveniently register on-line … Continue reading
Posted in British expats can help decide, Expat Difference in marginals, Expat Vote in 2015, Main 2015 Election issues, Proactive Overseas Voter Registration, Worth of Grey Vote
Tagged 15-year-rule, 2015 General Election, British Economy, British expatriates, EU Referendum, National Health Service
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Still many reasons why British expats should vote
Michael Cushing who regularly comments on these blog postings, quite rightly added the following comment to last week’s posting: “Why [just] state reason for continued interest in UK affairs = “expat who might return”? UK citizens overseas ( expats) I think … Continue reading
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Tagged 15-year-rule, 2014 European elections, British expatriates, EU Referendum
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Some British Expatriates can still help to decide who runs the Country.
British expatriates constrained to participating in UK national elections either through postal or proxy vote, if not already excluded by the 15-year-limit, might feel some nostalgia for Peter Robin’s experience of being part of local civil society in his blog article “The pleasures … Continue reading
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Votes for Expat Brits blog 