Rejected petition Give the right to vote for ALL British passport holders worldwide

Many of the 2.2 million expats living in the EU and countless others living elsewhere in the world were barred from voting on the 23/6/2016 just because they had been away from the United Kingdom.

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The overturning of the UN-democratic 15 year rule was part of the present governments manifesto, and despite high court action taken, the will of the overseas expat communities were pushed to one side

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

The Government has said that it does have plans to change this rule. It's therefore not clear what action you would like the Government to take that is different from what it is already doing.

You can find more information in the Government's response to this petition:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/112142

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 24 June 2016
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