Category Archives: Most Countries Operate IER

100,000 Overseas Voters Would Represent an Important Constituency.

Posted on October 9, 2013 by right2vote4xpatbrits

Surely it should be possible to attract at least 100,000 British citizens living abroad to register to vote in good time for the next general election in May 2015? This number of expatriate voters would represent much more than an average-sized UK … Continue reading →

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Lord Lexden Continues to Challenge the 15-Year-limit for Overseas Voters.

Posted on August 1, 2012 by right2vote4xpatbrits

The extract below from the 25th July, 2012 House of Lords debate on electoral reform, shows how Lord Lexden in particular continues to take the lead in challenging the 15-year limit for British citizens voting from overseas. You can show your support if you … Continue reading →

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Two Overseas Voting Issues for Lords.

Posted on July 1, 2012 by right2vote4xpatbrits

The Electoral Registration & Administration Bill passed through the Commons last week, with the next step scrutiny of the wording and debate in the House of Lords. This could well be as early as next week. In addressing the case of British overseas … Continue reading →

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New Clause 3 for Overseas Voting Rights withdrawn!

Posted on June 29, 2012 by right2vote4xpatbrits

The New Clause 3 brought up and read a second time before being subsequently withdrawn by Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds) (Con), during the 27th June Commons debate on the Electoral Registration & Administration Bill, would have removed the 15 year qualifying period … Continue reading →

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6-11 Million British Citizens unable to Vote.

Posted on May 26, 2012 by right2vote4xpatbrits

The link below to the BBC News article “Q&A: Changes to the way people register to vote”, provides answers to the key questions on what the introduction of Individual Electoral Registration (IER) will mean for future elections. It is said … Continue reading →

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Overseas Voters and Electoral Registration and Administration Bill.

Posted on May 24, 2012 by right2vote4xpatbrits

As reported in Hansard below, a second reading of The Electoral Registration and Administration Bill was moved in the House of Commons on the 23rd May, 2012 and received two early interventions concerning the case of overseas voters. Mr Denis … Continue reading →

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Most Countries Operate a System of IER but not the UK!

Posted on May 21, 2012 by right2vote4xpatbrits

Most democratic countries today operate a system of Individual Electoral Registration (IER) rather than the Household Electoral Registration (HER) still employed in the UK (see lines 7 – 8, page 3 of the article by Toby S James on “Introducing … Continue reading →

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