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Category Archives: Low Turnout – Not No Vote
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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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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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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Some 35% of British Electorate are Non-Voters
Some 16 million British citizens, or around 35% of those eligible to vote in the 2010 general election, did not do so according to this article in The Economist of 7th December 2013 “Stay-at-home voters: The reluctant kingmakers“. This 35% … Continue reading
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Tagged 15-year-rule, British expatriates, EU Referendum, national voting rights
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Overseas Voters: Electoral Commission’s Public Awareness Plan
The Electoral Commission has reported to the Parliamentary Parties Panel (PPP) on 20th November, 2013 the results of a consultation into boosting the registration of overseas electors. As a potential overseas voter (not disqualified by the 15-year-rule), shouldn’t you make … Continue reading
British Expats are “Spectators to Democracy”
As British expatriates are we fairly represented in Westminster? The answer must be no given the historically low turnout rates (a maximum of only some 30,000 registered to vote out of 5 – 6 million), and political disenfranchisement anyway after … Continue reading
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Tagged 15-year-rule, British expatriates, EU Referendum, national voting rights
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Overseas Voters Are British Citizens Living Abroad.
British overseas voters are British citizens living abroad, according to the Electoral Commission’s website http://www.aboutmyvote.co.uk. This states that: Every British citizen who has been registered to vote in the UK within the last 15 years is eligible to vote in … Continue reading
Low US Overseas Voter Turnout Similar to UK’s
Compared with the 30,000 or so British Citizens resident overseas who are registered to vote, the Overseas Vote Foundation has estimated a voter turnout figure of some 240,000 – 280,000 for civilian Americans living overseas. Both countries have roughly the same … Continue reading
The Hard-Won-Easily-Lost Right to Vote.
The historically, hard-won right to vote in a democratic British society was not willingly conceded by the political class at the time, but equally can still be rather easily lost again through political calculation or neglect e.g. as in the case of the … Continue reading
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British Diaspora is a National Resource.
Why doesn’t the British government show more interest, compared with other countries such as the US, in retaining links with its citizens moving overseas? One illustration of this is that after 15 years away, British citizens living overseas automatically lose their … Continue reading
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