Rejected petition Allow all British expatriates to vote in any future UK referendums

In the recent 2016 referendum on EU membership, British expatriates who had been living abroad for more than 15 years were excluded from voting on a referendum that, in many cases, would directly impact their quality of life, this arbitrary 15 year ruling was both unjust and undemocratic.

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 26 June 2016
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