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Reason for disappearing British Overseas Voters too?
With the passing of the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013, every British citizen will soon need to register individually (instead of on the current household basis), leading to fears that many voters are disappearing from the electoral roll (see articles linked … Continue reading
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Tagged 15-year-rule, 2015 General Election, British expatriates, Individual Electoral Registration, Low voter Turnout, voter 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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No-Vote-No-Voice in the 2015 General Election
The article linked to below is not yet a general manifesto pledge by all the main political parties to abolish the controversial 15-year-rule that prevents British expats from voting in UK general elections. This is why it remains extremely important that as many … Continue reading
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Financial Reasons for British Expats Registering to Vote
The British government can freely float ideas on increasing the financial burden on its estimated 5 million expatriate citizens when so few are actually registered to vote. Shouldn’t you make sure that you will at least make your voice heard … Continue reading
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Tagged 15-year-rule, 2015 General Election, British expatriates, voter registration
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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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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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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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Votes for Expat Brits blog 