Rejected petition Extend Brexit referendum voting right to ALL UK citizens resident outside the UK

At the moment only those United Kingdom citizens who have been resident outside the UK for LESS than 15 years have a right to vote. There are many more who have been living in EU countries as native English speakers for longer AND with a job pre-requisite of citizen of an EU Member State.

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Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/112142

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Date submitted 20 February 2016
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